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British Pop Art Pioneer David Hockney at Reem Gallery

January 9, 2017

A Bigger Book, TASCHEN’s SUMO-sized David Hockney monograph, is as spectacular in format as it is in scope. In it, the artist takes stock of more than 60 years of work, from his teenage days at the Bradford School of Art, through his breakthrough in 1960s Swinging London, life by Los Angeles pools in the 1970s, up to his recent extensive series of portraits, iPad drawings, and Yorkshire landscapes.

Never before has Hockney’s oeuvre been published on such an astonishing and immersive scale. As each page unfurls in a blaze of blues, pinks, greens, and oranges, we are spellbound both by the artist’s vibrancy as a colorist and his extraordinary sense of the conditions of the world that surrounds us. Through Hockney’s restless interrogation of perception and representation, we witness the mellow sheen of light on a muddy Yorkshire puddle, the ochre enormities of A Bigger Grand Canyon, the rustic majesty of Bigger Trees near Warter, and, of course, A Bigger Splash, with the exquisite sparkle of a turquoise pool beneath an iridescent California sky. These major paintings are joined by the artist’s drawings, photo-composites, multi-perspective collages, stage designs, multi-camera video works, and iPad drawings, each a panoply of looking and showing in different styles and media.

Hockney himself is present in every aspect of the publication. He collaborated closely through all production stages and conceived of this book as a purely visual survey of more than 450 works prefaced by a handwritten programmatic statement. As an artist who rarely looks back, the vast volume is as much his own personal review as it is a definitive record for art lovers all over the world. “I don’t tend to live in the past,” he comments, “Working on this book, I see quite how much I have done.”

The book’s sumptuous portfolio is supplemented by an illustrated chronology of more than 600 pages, contextualizing Hockney’s art with drawings, graphic work, portrait photos, and text based on the artist’s own writings as well as contemporary reviews. A Bigger Book is presented on a Marc Newson bookstand.

This wondrous piece of art history can be purchased securely online and shipped internationally. For art edition purchases (SUMO book complete with bookstand and iPad painting) please contact the gallery for availability.

Untitled 468, iPad painting by Hockney available as part of the Collector's Edition of only 250. Priced at £5,250.

Untitled 468, iPad painting by Hockney available as part of the Collector's Edition of only 250. Priced at £5,250.

SUMO: A Bigger Book, limited to 9,000 hand signed editions world wide.

SUMO: A Bigger Book, limited to 9,000 hand signed editions world wide.

Untitled 329 by Hockney, 1 of 4 collectable art editions available.

Untitled 329 by Hockney, 1 of 4 collectable art editions available.

Adjustable bookstand designed by Marc Newson accompanies every edition. Priced at £1,750.

Adjustable bookstand designed by Marc Newson accompanies every edition. Priced at £1,750.

Tags David Hockney, pop art, SUMO: A Bigger Book, iPad painting, collectable, Reem Gallery
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