David Hockney: Pleasures of the Eye

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David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most critically acclaimed and revered of twentieth-century artists. In this profile, he talks about his philosophy, his life, and his work, which ranges from painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and stage design, including his recent Turandot for the San Francisco Opera. Filmed largely in his California home, the camera also captures him in his London home and studio, at the opening of the 1995 major retrospective of his work at the Royal Academy, and in Munich to view the stage designs and wall paintings of the Pulcinella motif he created for Eric Satie's Parade. While Hockney fills his world with color, he has also had to come to terms with loss: the deaths of family members and close friends, and his increasing deafness. For Hockney, life is a gift and he lives it every day, sustained by his delight and pleasure in experiencing, creating, and sharing visual beauty.

Curator's Comments: Charming and lyrical profile of the man and the artist. Rather sentimental in approach but engaging and appealing nevertheless. The camera accompanies Hockney on his drive through the Malibu canyons, carefully timed to a movement of Wagner's music, and observes him as he draws and plays with his two dachshunds.

DATE: 1997

COUNTRY: Netherlands

CREDITS:
Director: Gero von Boehm; Beatrice Monti Della Corte
Producer, English version: Mechtild Offermanns
Executive Producer: Ute Charisse
Producing Agency: RM Arts

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
55 minutes Color

TOPICS:
Art & Music
Color

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