Card Players #1
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2015

The Card Players

Inspired by Paul Cézanne’s group of paintings titled The Card Players (1890–95), Hockney paints several multi-viewpoint images of that scenario; however, his models are seated at a table rendered in reverse perspective. Next, using digital software, he creates a photographic drawing of the same models seated in the studio with his painting of them, Card Players #3 (2014), alongside his iconic photographic collage, Pearblossom Highway (1986), on the wall behind them. The different elements of the photographic drawing are individually photographed and then collaged using Photoshop to create a picture with many perspective points. In the Financial Times, Francis Hodgson writes: “Hockney isn’t trying to kid us: he leaves the traces of his multiple-angled gaze fully visible. A face is perfectly sharp, seen from close. But so is the carpet four or five feet lower. The lines on a floor move in several different directions, as they really do as you move over them. In life, we move our eyes to acquire the information that the brain processes into a ‘view.’ That’s what Hockney has done.”

Card Players No. 1
Card Players No. 2
Card Players No. 3

More portraits

By year’s end, Hockney completes 27 more portraits of individual sitters for his series begun in 2013, which now includes more than 60 paintings. He also returns to painting his Los Angeles home and garden.

Doris Velasco, 5th, 6th January 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Julie Green, 11th, 12th, 13th January 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Sir Norman Rosenthal, 30th, 31st January, 1st February 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Patricia Choxon, 23rd, 24th, 25th February 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
David Juda, 22nd, 23rd, 25th March 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Barry Humphries, 26th, 27th, 28th March 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Charlie Scheips, 6th, 7th, 8th June 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Priscilla Velasco, 15th, 16th, 17th June 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Richard Benefield, 27th, 28th, 29th June 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Don Cribb, 3rd, 4th, 5th July 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Pierre Saint-Jean, 7th, 8th, 10th July 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Brian Hastings, 18th, 19th, 20th July 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Hunter Schmidt, 24th, 25th, 26th July 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Holden Schmidt, 27th, 28th, 29th July 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Liz Goulds, 3rd, 4th, 5th August 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Caroline Cushing Graham, 10th, 11th, 12th August 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Margaret Hockney, 14th, 15th, 16th August 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Pauline Ling, 20th, 21st, 22nd August 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Isabella Clark, 26th, 27th, 28th August 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Celia Birtwell, 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Andrew Palmer, 4th, 5th, 6th September 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Bing McGilvray, 28th, 29th, 30th September 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Alex Calderon, 5th, 6th, 7th October 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Didier Ottinger, 21st, 22nd, 23rd October 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Rufus Hale, 23rd, 24th, 25th November 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Matthias Weischer, 9th, 10th, 11th December 2015 from "82 Portraits and 1 Still Life"
Garden with Blue Terrace
The Chair
Garden, 2015
Photo by J-P Gonçalves de Lima

Exhibitions

Solo

  • The Arrival of Spring, 1853 Gallery, Saltaire, UK (opens Feb 18, 2015).
  • Louisiana on Paper: David Hockney, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (Mar 19–Jun 21).
  • The Arrival of Spring, Pace Beijing, Beijing, China (Apr 18–Jun 6).
  • A Rake's Progress, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, USA (Apr 18–Aug 2); catalogue.
  • Painting and Photography, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK (May 15–Jun 27); catalogue.
  • The Arrival of Spring, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (May 21–Jun 24); catalogue.
  • The Arrival of Spring, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK (Jul 9–Aug 29).
  • Painting and Photography, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA (Jul 15–Sep 19); catalogue.
  • David Hockney, Early Drawings, Offer Waterman & Co, London, UK (Sep 25–Oct 23); catalogue.
  • L’Arrivée du printemps, Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France (Oct 11, 2015–Jan 17, 2016); catalogue.
  • Early Drawings, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY, USA (Nov 3–Dec 1); catalogue.

Group

  • 50 for 50: Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA’s Anniversary, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Apr 26–Sep 13); catalogue.
  • The Serial Impulse at Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA (Oct 4, 2015–Feb 7, 2016), travels to Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Sep 11, 2016–Jan 2, 2017).
  • Picasso.Mania, Grand Palais, Paris, France (Oct 7, 2015–Feb 29, 2016); catalogue.

Publications

Publications

  • David Hockney: Early Drawings, Offer Waterman & Co., Paul Kasmin Gallery, London and New York.
  • David Hockney: Painting and Photography, by David Hockney, London.

Honor

Honor

  • State of California Hall of Fame inductee, awarded by Governor Jerry Brown.