""David Hockney occupies two museum levels; it's an expanded version of a touring show organized by the Honolulu Museum of Art, and compiles 200 Hockney pieces pulled from Schnitzer's expansive holdings. The show spans six decades of Hockney's career, showing special attention to his print works and technological experiments. You'll see all of the subjects that feel quintessentially Hockney, but this exhibition demonstrates that his greatest throughline isn't pools, or portraits, or even California light.""
""The 88-year-old artist-and yes, he's still working -approaches every new tool with fresh curiosity. Xeroxed prints, Polaroid snapshots, and iPad drawings share the stage with lithographs and etchings. The exhibition begins upstairs where a visual timeline traces Hockney's youth in a Yorkshire mill town, his graduation from the Royal College of Art, and his move to Los Angeles in the '60s, up through last year's major retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.""
An expansive exhibition occupies two museum levels and assembles 200 works spanning six decades from Jordan D. Schnitzer's holdings. Gallery architecture evokes Hockney compositions with brilliant blue walls, unexpected angles, and cut-out apertures that alter sightlines. The presentation emphasizes prints and technological experiments alongside portraits, pools, and California scenes. Hockney continually embraces new media—Xerox, Polaroid, iPad, lithography, and etching—applying fresh curiosity to each tool. A visual timeline traces origins in a Yorkshire mill town, training at the Royal College of Art, and a move to Los Angeles, culminating in recent major retrospectives.
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