Andrew Hearst previously talked about David Hockey’s iPhone paintings here. His Daily Mail link appears to be dead now, but I came across another article about the prolific artist and his new painting medium. Using the Brushes application he’s created gorgeous iPhone paintings that look like watercolors. The New York Review of Books’ Lawrence Weschler documents the process.
It is a lovely read. Thinking about a 70 plus year old painter finding a new way to express himself just makes me all giddy. And the thought of producing art and sharing it in real time, via email and text, without galleries involved, is very intriguing. An accompanying audio slide show is here.
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Modern Art Notes, Tyler Green’s modern & contemporary art blog, has an interesting post about some seemingly glaring omissions in the mainstream press regarding the sexuality of some of the world’s most famous artists. First noting that most obituaries of Robert Rauschenberg omitted the fact that he was gay when the artist died last May, Green goes on to discuss David Hockney.
The New York Times ran
a story on Hockney this past Sunday discussing his move from Los Angeles in recent years and the soon to be unveiled body of work the artist has created in East Yorkshire, where he’s lived since his US departure in 2005. The article, Green points out, missed the point.
According to Green “Hockney did not leave California because the East Yorkshire landscape romantically called him home to England. Hockney left because the United States government would not allow his partner, John Fitzherbert, back into the country.” It is a shame that the Times missed the chance to put a face, a very famous face, in the center of the fight of marriage equality. Pictures of these inequalities need to be painted in the mainstream press.
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If you’re lucky enough to summer on Long Island this year be sure to visit boltax.gallery on Shelter Island. From June 20 to July 6 the gallery is home to a 3rd solo show by the artist Don Florence titled “Them,” a group of paintings dealing with themes of celebrity and worship.
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The Daily Mail tells of how the celebrated artist David Hockney has been creating mini-paintings on his iPhone and emailing them to friends. Pretty tech-savvy for a 71-year-old:
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[via TUAW]
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