Hockney Unlocked

Behind-the-scenes films from award-winning film David Hockney: A Bigger Picture by Bruno Wollheim. Watch the full documentary on Vimeo.

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Escape to the Yorkshire countryside with David Hockney. Watch the full film here: https://t.co/SIQZNCWZFq

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If you’d like to know how David Hockney chooses his subjects take a look at the latest Art Newspaper feature, with extended commentary by director Bruno Wollheim. https://t.co/WLy6dmcyna

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In this final clip it was absolutely freezing! Hockney calls this painting Track and Hedgerow, January. We hope you’ve enjoyed these 80 short films. Please take a look at the full film on Vimeo and help support independent documentary making. https://t.co/HYkwymPBHC #DavidHockney

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Hockney describes a painting - “those big trees down near Warter, those fantastic trees that go black after it’s been raining.” – this was to be the 50-panel painting Bigger Trees near Warter that went on display at The Royal Academy’s Summer Show in 2007. https://t.co/8wnhkN84rs

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Hockney walks the tightrope between careful planning and the flexibility to keep himself open to the instant and momentary, the now. Over those years of filming him I developed a similar mantra, stay in the present, and prepare for the unexpected. https://t.co/HYkwymPBHC
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2006. Behind the scenes at London’s National Portrait Gallery on Press Day, before the Hockney ‘Portraits’ exhibition opens. Even for someone so busy looking forward, he was encountering in amongst all those iconic images a few friends who had passed away.https://t.co/uDGp0x0TKa

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A Masterclass tip on how to improve your photography from David Hockney, a photographer so good that he (more or less) gives it up. And a lesson in the limits of photography and cinema. https://t.co/7SWfJWL9BX
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David Hockney would say that green is the most difficult of colours, especially in capturing the Spring when the greens are so many and varied. https://t.co/kIo5sNLCTv
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David Hockney is always effortlessly well-dressed. The cap protects his eyes which are sensitive to too much light. In terms of the reference to the pub in this clip, David had given up drinking alcohol in the 90s. https://t.co/bIZMeZQxVc

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Only one week left of the Hockney Unlocked daily short films! If you've enjoyed these snippets of Hockney's world, the full film is available to stream now on Vimeo.
“As gently hypnotic and fulfilling as one of Hockney’s own works.” – Time Out https://t.co/SIQZNCFogQ

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Hockney would talk to me often about wanting the viewer to be in the scene, “to be in it”, in the space, or sharing in his excitement. Connection and disconnection give his images their power. https://t.co/IyUuTIT8Pp

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Hockney likes to set himself new challenges, depicting the unexplored and unremarkable. Here he draws an unexpected parallel between East Yorkshire and Los Angeles, both places he has responded to and on both has left a permanent imprint. https://t.co/z2mqLrT7Tp

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At the time of filming David Hockey: A Bigger Picture, I’d known David for 20+ years and had made Double Portrait, a film he’d liked and one which showed a darker side to his personality. In this clip he’s enjoying swatting the fly on the wall. https://t.co/Y63kAlkr70

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Delve into the world of David Hockney this Friday. David Hockney: A Bigger Picture is available to stream now on Vimeo. “This film may well be the best anyone will ever make about Hockney’s process.” – The Times, London. https://t.co/SIQZNCWZFq

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In his West Hollywood studio surrounded by paintings, David places himself in a long line of image-makers going back to pre-history. This is explored in his book 'A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen' (Thames & Hudson 2016). https://t.co/nVbFsSxwIY

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Some actuality in the attic studio in Bridlington. During a rain-break he returns to an early Spring hedgerow, later titled Looking East. Up on the wall behind is the first of the Woldgate Woods series, in an unfinished state.
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Hockney finds most TV and cinema literal and unimaginative, so he prefers media where he can add the pictures. The exceptions are shows of visual originality, like The Simpsons and Wallace & Grommit. https://t.co/rl6SVf2nxo
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Among the succession of visitors David had invited to a rented warehouse in Bridlington, to preview 'Bigger Trees near Warter' before its official unveiling at The Royal Academy’s 2007 Summer Show, were four headmistresses from his home town of Bradford. https://t.co/Pw866ddj8R

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In the three years of filming David Hockney: A Bigger Picture, David only once agreed to repeat something for the camera. I compare the experience to shooting wildlife: be prepared for the unexpected, there will not be a Take 2. https://t.co/TATyhDZ3Wd #DavidHockney

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If you've been enjoying these short films, whisk yourself away  to the Yorkshire countryside this weekend with David Hockney. The full documentary is available to stream on Vimeo. We hope you enjoy! https://t.co/ALP2PTVXCq

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What does Hockney see from the corner of the eye? First as a question of perception: how much can we see at the edges of our vision? Second, as a principle in selecting the motifs for his landscape painting – the more accidental-looking the better. https://t.co/1H27HT39HD