David Hockney

"He's still at, is David Hockney. At 88 years old, and more than 60 years into a career that has seen him rise to the very top of the contemporary art pile, Hockney is still painting, still experimenting, still innovating, and still having shows. This exhibition the first in a swish ultra-central London location for Annely Juda, his gallery since the 1990s is packed with paintings so new you can almost smell the wet paint."

"Throughout, he toys with what he calls reverse perspective, an attempt to replicate how we actually see the world, not the static view of life we get in photographs and other paintings. So everything looks wobbly and twisted. His chair legs splay, his tablecloths warp. I don't think it's any closer to real perspective than traditional painting, but the woozy visual discomfort it creates is fun."

"What you can't really avoid is how much shakier these brush marks are than they used to be. Classic Hockney is so assured, so in command of his paintbrush, but these new works are almost shockingly unsteady. The brush marks are full of quivers and tremors, the lines are all over the shop, bits of white underpainting poke out everywhere. They're almost a mess, but still immediately, uniquely and recognisably him."

David Hockney, aged 88 and more than 60 years into his career, continues to paint, experiment and exhibit. A central London show at Annely Juda is filled with freshly painted works, primarily bright still lifes of chairs, tables, fruit and flowers rendered in neon yellows, luminous purples and clashing floors. Many works incorporate reverse perspective, producing wobbly, twisted forms and warped tablecloths. Photographs of gardens are pasted into some compositions to heighten contrast. Recent brushwork appears shakier and quivering, with underpainting showing through, creating an almost messy but recognizably Hockney effect and an emotionally affecting presence.

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