Tim Barringer is Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. He was co-author of David Hockney: A Bigger Picture (RA Publications, 2012)
82 Portraits and 1 Still-life
Edith Devaney is Curator of Contemporary Projects at the Royal Academy of Arts
‘I think I’ve found something that I could go on with forever, because people are fascinating, they’re mysterious really’
82 Portraits and 1 Still-life
David Hockney OM CH RA is perhaps the most popular and versatile British artist living today. This lavishly illustrated book explores his relationship with portraiture, focusing on the extraordinary series 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life, which he has been painting in Los Angeles in the last few years. For a brief period in 2013 Hockney stopped painting altogether, but after moving from Yorkshire back to California he revisited his acrylic paints and bold colours. Vibrant, observant and full of life, these portraits mark a return to vivid, Technicolor form. His subjects are friends, family and art-world luminaries, among them John Baldessari, Celia Birtwell, Larry Gagosian, Barry Humphries and Lord Rothschild. Tim Barringer’s thorough and engaging account of Hockney’s work in portraiture culminates in his interpretation of this latest series. Edith Devaney talks to the artist about the works, which he describes as ‘twenty-hour exposures’, in reference to the time each one takes to paint. Intermediate stages of several paintings give the reader a unique insight into Hockney’s working method.
Also available from RA Publications David Hockney, A Yorkshire Sketchbook ISBN 978-1-907533-23-5 Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm with Illustrations by David Hockney ISBN 978-1-907533-24-2
£30 US $45 CAN $55
Front cover David Hockney, 4 Portraits and 1 Still-life, 2016. iPad drawing Back cover 83 Portraits and 1 Still-life, Los Angeles, 18 May 2016
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Contents
President’s Foreword
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Sponsor’s Preface
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Enigma Variations: Hockney and the Portrait
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Tim Barringer
And That Fills the Sackler
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David Hockney in conversation with Edith Devaney
82 Portraits and 1 Still-life
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David Hockney
Directory of Sitters
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David Hockney
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Endnotes
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Further Reading
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Photographic Acknowledgements
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Index
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33 Rita Pynoos, 1st, 2nd March 2014 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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Edith Devaney, 11th, 12th, 13th February 2016 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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65 Margaret Hockney, 14th, 15th, 16th August 2015 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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Celia Birtwell, 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 2015 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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73 Rufus Hale, 23rd, 24th, 25th November 2015 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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Earl Simms, 29th February, 1st, 2nd March 2016 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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53 David Juda, 22nd, 23rd, 25th March 2015 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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John Baldessari, 13th, 16th December 2013 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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27 Jacob Rothschild, 5th, 6th February 2014 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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Dagny Corcoran, 15th, 16th, 17th January 2014 Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
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