Photo: David Dawson
David Hockney, perhaps Britain's foremost contemporary artist, dressed for a day of posing. Chinos, a polo, odd jacket and a pocket square.
He might have worn a neckerchief but given the amount of splattered paint it seems about right to me.
He might have worn a neckerchief but given the amount of splattered paint it seems about right to me.
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There is no "perhaps" about it - he is Britain's foremost contemporary artist. As an aside, I saw Hockney quite a bit when I lived in Yorkshire; his mother's house wasn't far from my own, and Hockney build a studio nearby (and had one in Skipton, as well). He's a good dresser, with thoughtful attention to all the bits and bobs. Not drab, either.
In case anyone (else) is wondering, he's posing for Lucian Freud, another of Britain's leading contemporary artists, circa 2003.
Not only is Hockney one of Britain's greatest artists, but he is an extraordinany set and costume designer.
His sets and costumes for the San Francisco Opera
production of Turandot, 1994, 2002 are exceptional.
The use of color and movement is breathtaking. The
gorgeous music almost becomes secondary
I must be missing something. I think the gentleman appears horribly dressed. The jacket looks a size or two bigger than it shoul din the shoulders. The pants need to be pressed...at least occassionaly enough to keep the fly in line. A belt would have helped and covered the unsightly trouser button. And I don't find the shirt, jacket and pocket square combination appealing. With rumpled kahki's and a cotton golf shirt, I think the pocket square is not a good choice.
Personally, I prefer the outfit of the painter. I think he is dressed properly and sharply for the task at hand.
What an unbecoming portrait:
The artist has aged Hockney by some 10 years, giving him a goiter, a fat face, and the expression a a man who is fed up with life.
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