David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
David Hockney RA is one of the most important British artists of the 20th century 鈥� and he remains one of the most inventive. Throughout his career, he鈥檚 investigated new technologies and explored different ways to make art, beginning with his iPhone in 2007 before adopting the iPad and Stylus in 2010.
This new body of work 鈥� 116 works in total 鈥� has been 鈥榩ainted鈥� on the iPad and then printed onto paper, with Hockney overseeing all aspects of production.
As Hockney himself notes: working on the iPad requires the ability to draw and paint. Each work 鈥� which has been printed far larger than the screen on which it was created 鈥� allows you to see every mark and stroke of the artist鈥檚 hand.
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David Hockney RA is one of the most important British artists of the 20th century 鈥� and he remains one of the most inventive. Throughout his career, he鈥檚 investigated new technologies and explored different ways to make art, beginning with his iPhone in 2007 before adopting the iPad and Stylus in 2010.
This new body of work 鈥� 116 works in total 鈥� has been 鈥榩ainted鈥� on the iPad and then printed onto paper, with Hockney overseeing all aspects of production.
As Hockney himself notes: working on the iPad requires the ability to draw and paint. Each work 鈥� which has been printed far larger than the screen on which it was created 鈥� allows you to see every mark and stroke of the artist鈥檚 hand.
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From June 2021, the Royal Academy of Arts will present David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020, comprising the period in which these works were made coincided with the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
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