A Bigger Message : Conversations with David Hockney

Omtale

The conversations in this volume with writer and art critic Martin Gayford are punctuated by wise and witty observations from both parties on numerous other artistsVan Gogh or Vermeer, Caravaggio, Monet, Picassoand enlivened by shrewd insights into the contrasting social and physical landscapes of California, where Hockney lived for many years, and Yorkshire, his birthplace. Some of the people he has encountered along the wayfrom Henri Cartier-Bresson to Billy Wilderalso make entertaining appearances in the dialogue.