David Hockney 

영국 현대미술을 대표하는 데이비드 호크니 (b. 1937)는 지난 60여년 동안 회화에 대한 끊임없는 연구와 도전을 지속하고 있으며, 판화, 무대디자인, 사진 등 다양한 매체를 넘나들며 다양한 주제 의식이 반영된 시각적 세계를 보여주고 있다. 1960년대 팝아트의 발전에 지대한 영향을 끼쳤던 호크니의 구상적 이미지는 기존 팝아트 작가들의 작품과 달리 좀 더 개인적인 서사와 일상 공간과 시간에 대한 작가만의 독특한 관점을 담은 것이 특징이다. 캔버스를 가로지르는 대담한 화면 분할, 간결하면서도 생동감 넘치는 붓터치, 그 풍경 속에 자리잡은 사람들의 평온한 모습은 주변을 바라보는 작가의 따듯한 시선과 더불어 그 순간을 완벽하게 전달하는 회화의 놀라운 힘을 드러낸다. 최근 작가가 선보인 아이폰과 아이패드를 활용한 드로잉은 2차원의 제한된 평면 세계를 또 한번 뛰어넘는 매체의 새로운 가능성을 열었다. 그가 현재 존재하는 공간에 쏟아지는 빛과 색을 즉각적으로 포착함으로써, 더욱 솔직하고 감각적인 풍경의 향연을 표현한다. 아름다운 사계절의 변화, 일출과 일몰, 창 밖으로 보이는 고즈넉한 풍경, 꽃병에 꽂힌 싱그러운 꽃까지 일상에서 마주하는 찰나의 순간과 그 시간의 흐름은 호크니의 시각을 통해 새롭게 재창조된다. 

Considered as one of the most influential British artists today, David Hockney (b.1937) has built a successful career with a deep focus in painting over the last 60 years. Working with a vast range of media including prints, stage designs, and photographs, he has produced a unique and exuberant visual language that reflects diverse subject matter. His figurative paintings, which have had a profound impact on the pop art movement in the 1960s, were characterized by personal narratives and scenes from his daily life. 

By capturing his close relationships with loved ones and places he has visited through bold and vibrant gestures across the canvas, Hockney presents his openness toward his surroundings, a unique quality that perfectly conveys a specific moment. Hockney recently introduces new body of works using the iPhone and iPad, creating new possibilities for two-dimensional representation. Through his impressions of precious moments, Hockney displays beautiful sceneries including the seasonal change, fiery sunset and sunrise, nostalgic landscape through the window, and fresh flowers in the vase. In this series, Hockney fully invites us to follow his distinctive way of seeing the world.

Born 1937 in Bradford, UK

Education 

1959–62 Royal College of Art, London, UK

1953–57 Bradford School of Art, UK

Selected Solo Shows 

2019
David Hockney: La Grande Cour, Normandy, Pace Gallery, New York, USA

Hockney and Hollywood, The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK

David Hockney, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

2018

David Hockney, Kunsthalle Helsinki

David Hockney: Something New in Painting (and Photography) [and even Printing], Pace Gallery, New York, USA 

David Hockney: iPhone and iPad Drawings, 2009–12, L.A. Louver, Venice, California, USA

2017

David Hockney: prints, National Gallery of Australia, Melbourne, Australia

David Hockney: Yosemite, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, USA

David Hockney: A Matter of Perspective, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

Happy Birthday, Mr. Hockney, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA

2016

David Hockney: Current, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

David Hockney: I Draw, I Do, Metropolitan Arts Centre Belfast, UK

David Hockney: 82 Portraits and 1 Still Life, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Selected Group Shows 

2019 

Photo Revolution: Andy Warhol to Cindy Sherman, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA

LandEscape: New Visions of the Landscape from the Early 20th and 21st Centuries, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, USA

Hockney – Van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

2018

Royal Academy of Arts 250th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

2017
With Liberty and Justice for Some, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, USA

Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK

Queer British Art, Tate Britain, London, UK

2016

A Closer Look: Portraits from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, Pivot Art + Culture, Seattle, USA

Portrait of the Artist, The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, UK

Before Sunset, Karma, Amagansett, New York, USA

Selected Public Collections

American Friends of the Israel Museum, Beverly Hills, USA 

The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, USA

Bennesse Art Site, Naoshima, Kagawa, Japan

British Council, London, UK

The British Museum, London, UK

Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford Art Galleries & Museums, UK

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Contemporary Art Society, Bloomsbury House, London, UK

Detroit Institute, Michigan, USA

Gallery: Arts Council Collection, London, UK

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., USA

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA

Kunstmuseum, Siftung Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany

Long Museum, Shanghai, China

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA

Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Musée national d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA

The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

New York Public Library, New York, USA

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., USA

Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., USA

Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium

Tate Galleries, London, UK

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA