David Hockney | HOTEL ACATLAN

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David Hockney

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David Hockney

Hotel Acatlan Following the success of David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture at the Royal Academy of Arts, Andipa Gallery is delighted to present Hotel Acatlan First Day | Second Day | Two Weeks Later | View of Hotel Well I These works are the result of a period in February 1984 when, travelling in Mexico, Hockney had an unexpected stay at the Hotel Romano Angeles in Acatlan, as a result of his car breaking down. Happily, the outcome was a series of bold and richly colourful works on his return to Los Angeles, where he once again worked with his friend and master printmaker Kenneth Tyler.

All works are presented framed, signed by the artist and in excellent condition.

For further information please contact the gallery.

left and next page Hotel Acatlan: First Day, 1984-85 Lithograph on two sheets of HMP handmade paper Edition of 70, Signed 73 x 189.2 cm (28 3/4 x 74 1/2 in.)

In art, new ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling; you can’t divorce the two, as, we are now aware, you cannot have time without space and space without time.

left and next page Hotel Acatlan: Second Day, 1984-85 Lithograph on two sheets of TGL handmade paper Edition of 98, Signed 73 x 193 cm (28 3/4 x 76 in.)

left and next page Hotel Acatlan: Two Weeks Later, 1985 Lithograph on two sheets of HMP handmade paper Edition of 98, Signed 73 x 188 cm (28 3/4 x 74 in.)

left and next page Hotel Acatlan: Views of Hotel Well I, 1984-85 Lithograph on white handmade TGL paper Edition of 75, Signed 79.4 x 105.4 cm (31 1/4 x 41 1/2 in.)

I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it.

Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting.

But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.

David Hockney

Biography Born in Bradford in 1937, David Hockney displayed a precocious talent for drawing and at the young age of eleven received a scholarship to the prestigious Bradford Grammar School. Hockney was later accepted into the Royal College of Art in 1959: joining a generation of artists who would later become renowned as founding British Pop Art, including Peter Blake and Allen Jones.

In 1963, Hockney travelled to New York and then settled in Los Angeles, where he became fascinated by the underground scene. At this time he began to paint images of young tanned men and Malibu-style architecture in bright acrylics. He also began to work with photography and photocollage, and created works of composite Polaroids called 'joiners'.

Most recently in 2012, a major exhibition of Hockney's latest work was celebrated as the most successful one-man show of a contemporary artist at the Royal Academy in London.

Upcoming exhibition David Hockney: Northern Landscapes 16 June - 30 September 2012 Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum Tromosø, Norway www.nnkm.no

Traveling exhibition David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture 21 January - 9 April 2012 Royal Academy of Arts London www.royalacademy.org.uk Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Bilbao, Spain 14 May - 30 September 2012 www.guggenheim-bilbao.es Museum Ludwig Cologne Cologne, Germany 29 October 2012 - 4 February 2013 www.museenkoeln.de/museum-ludwig

David Hockney RA A Bigger Picture Exhibition catalogue 304 pages, 250 color illustrations

Hockney The Biography, A Rake's Progress Christopher Simon Sykes 368 pages

David Hockney Andipa Gallery Exhibition catalogue 40 pages, 25 color illustrations

Selected collections National Gallery of Australia Hotel Acatlan: Two Weeks Later http://cs.nga.gov.au/hockney Tate Museum Hotel Acatlan: Two Weeks Later http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hockney

Selected articles Chu, Henry "David Hockney brings color back home" The Los Angles Times, February 2012. www.latimes.com Gayford, Martin "David Hockney: aged 74, the painter is as prolific (and perverse) as ever" The Telegraph, January 2012. www.telegraph.co.uk

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