David Hockney: A Bigger Picture - Trailer

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[Music] David Hockney as he approaches the age of 70 has come home to paint the East Yorkshire world's and a cobalt blue after running on empty in California he's gone back to his roots to revitalize his art to look for a fresh start and I'm in the windiest spot we'll work first he's taken up painting as an extreme sport outside on the spot in all weathers something he's never done before [Music] with his assistant jean-pierre he's been working through the summer at the remarkable rate of almost a canvas a day I'm painting landscapes in Yorkshire because you can't photograph them the camera can't get the beauty of this it just can't get the space the thrilling space I'm in we've simply got to a point where we think the camera can photograph anything at all well it can't really no he can't compete with painting at all there's another radical departure Hockney wants to be filmed in the act of painting something he's always resisted but he had to be just mean no film crew Photography and paint I wish to tackle it as I am here that's why are we doing this as well it's my remaining this film even though cameras getting away I don't want that every day that it smell less if you want to point out that the paintings are much more vivid about the place than photographs are well you've got to demonstrate that actually it's got to do something about its no we're just saying in you've actually got to do it it's the limitations of photography they need to be looked at absolutely look now
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Channel: Coluga Pictures
Views: 125,083
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Keywords: david hockney
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Length: 2min 44sec (164 seconds)
Published: Fri May 15 2020
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