"The 88-year-old artist's A Year in Normandie is a 90m long piece that he produced on his iPad during the pandemic. Made up of 220 panels depicting the changing seasons in and around his French garden, it's inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry - which fittingly will be on display in the UK for the first time in nearly a millennium later this year - and Chinese scrolls. This will be the first time that A Year in Normandie has been on show in London."
"The show will also focus on works like Moon Room, whichreflects the painter's lifelong interest in the lunar cycle, and several other digital paintings that were created during lockdown as part of his Sunrise series. At the time, Hockney said of his iPad paintings: 'I began drawing the winter trees on a new iPad. Then this virus started... 'I went on drawing the winter trees that eventually burst into blossom. Meanwhile the virus is going mad, and many people said my drawings were a great respite from what was going on.'"
"Bettina Korek, the Serpentine's CEO, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, its artistic director said that the show 'promises to be a landmark cultural moment'. The best news is that, unlike most other big name exhibitions happening in the city this year, David Hockney at the Serpentine will be completely free to see. It'll be on from March 12 until August 23."
A Year in Normandie is a 90m-long digital panorama created on an iPad during the pandemic, composed of 220 panels showing seasonal changes around a French garden. The work draws inspiration from the Bayeux Tapestry and Chinese scrolls and will appear in London for the first time. The exhibition at the Serpentine includes Moon Room, reflecting a long-standing interest in the lunar cycle, and several Sunrise-series digital paintings produced during lockdown. The installation runs from March 12 to August 23 and will be presented free of charge, positioned as a major cultural moment in the city.
Read at Time Out London
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