Hockney's Pictures is the first definitive"retrospective"to show the evolution and diversity of Hockney's prolific paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints and photography. The works, including many that are new and never published, have been selected and organized by David Hockney himself, and track his lifelong experiments in ways of looking and depicting. With quotes from the artist illuminating the passionate thinking behind the work, Hockney's Pictures is destined to become a classic.

 The story of David Hockney, one of the most widely acclaimed of all living artists, is one of passion: passion for seeing, passion for telling, passion for images. But to these should be added the passion of life. Hockney"s art is a celebration of what it is to be alive. All his pictures -sometimes tender, as when he draws close friends and family; sometimes playful, as in his paintings of lazy,carefree days at the pool; sometimes awe-inspiring, as with his monumental images of the Grand Canyon -convey what it means to be in the world, to see it, to move in it, to love it. This constant exploration of how to communicate such feelings through art emerges with particular clarity in this stunning, lively volume, which charts almost fifty years of extraordinary creativity.

Hockney"s Pictures is the first definitive"retrospective"to show the evolution and diversity of Hockney"s prolific paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints and photography. The works, including many that are new and never published, have been selected and organized by David Hockney himself, and track his lifelong experiments in ways of looking and depicting. With quotes from the artist illuminating the passionate thinking behind the work, Hockney"s Pictures is destined to become a classic.

Introduction: Loving the world with new eyes

Problems of Depiction

Looking at Pictures

A Marriage of Styles

Stages

Water

Movement

Moving Viewpoint

Life Stilled

Life and Love

Lives

Still Life

Home

Portraits

Friends

Family

Self

Space and Light

South

West

East

North

London

Yorkshire

Lists of Illustrations