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David Hockney: [DVD] : a bigger picture /

Contributor(s): Language: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian Series: Arthouse films ; 27 | Arthouse filmsPublication details: [S.l.] : Coluga Pictures / distributed by Madman, ©2009.Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : colour ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: One of the defining figures of the modernist art movement, David Hockney carved out a career of enviable longevity and great stylistic diversity. Renowned for his series of Los Angeles pools and large-scale landscapes, Hockney's idiosyncratic images make striking use of colour and space. In this DVD, director Bruno Wolheim gained unprecedented and intimate access to Hockney's working and personal life, capturing the 70-year-old artist's return to the East Yorkshire of his childhood after 25 years in California. Following a six-year hiatus from painting, Hockney reinvented his artistic method, working through the seasons and in all weathers to describe a very English landscape, and in the end creates the largest painting ever made outdoors. As he meditates on what inspires and motivates his art, the documentary presents a uniquely personal portrait of a complex and engaging artist.
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Contains 55 minutes of bonus material: Hockney reflects on art and life; Hockney at work on "Late November Tunnel"; leading art figures on "Bigger Trees near Warter"; the making of the documentary.

Language: english, subtitles: english SDH, deutsch, espanol, francais, italiano. Contains over an hour of bonus material: Hockney reflects on art and life; Hockney at work on "Late November Tunnel"; leading art figures on "Bigger Trees near Warter"; the making of the documentary.

One of the defining figures of the modernist art movement, David Hockney carved out a career of enviable longevity and great stylistic diversity. Renowned for his series of Los Angeles pools and large-scale landscapes, Hockney's idiosyncratic images make striking use of colour and space. In this DVD, director Bruno Wolheim gained unprecedented and intimate access to Hockney's working and personal life, capturing the 70-year-old artist's return to the East Yorkshire of his childhood after 25 years in California. Following a six-year hiatus from painting, Hockney reinvented his artistic method, working through the seasons and in all weathers to describe a very English landscape, and in the end creates the largest painting ever made outdoors. As he meditates on what inspires and motivates his art, the documentary presents a uniquely personal portrait of a complex and engaging artist.

Region 4, widescreen (16:9) presentation.

Language: english. Subtitles: english SDH, deutsch, espanol, francais, italiano.

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