Hockney鈥檚 Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction
One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.
Through both traditional and cutting-edge ways of making art, the exhibition explores Hockney鈥檚 obsession with how we see the world, and how our world of time and space can be captured on the surface of a flat picture.
In his use of cameras, digital drawing, the iPad, and digital film, Hockney follows a tradition of creative experiments with optical devices that goes back from Ingres鈥� proposed use of the camera lucida to Canaletto鈥檚 camera obscura and to the birth of Renaissance naturalism in the 15th century.
In The Fitzwilliam Museum鈥檚 picture galleries, Hockney鈥檚 drawings, paintings and digital artworks are shown in a series of provocative encounters with works by artists including Claude Monet, John Constable and Andy Warhol.
The display at The Heong Gallery charts Hockney鈥檚 pioneering modern experiments from the 1960s to the present day in bringing hand, eye, and optical instruments together, with the iconic Grand Canyon I (2017) among the many glorious and daring works on display.
Recommended for you
One of the most influential artists of our time, David Hockney (b.1937) takes over Cambridge this spring and summer with an exhibition across The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Heong Gallery, Downing College.
Through both traditional and cutting-edge ways of making art, the exhibition explores Hockney鈥檚 obsession with how we see the world, and how our world of time and space can be captured on the surface of a flat picture.
In his use of cameras, digital drawing, the iPad, and digital film, Hockney follows a tradition of creative experiments with optical devices that goes back from Ingres鈥� proposed use of the camera lucida to Canaletto鈥檚 camera obscura and to the birth of Renaissance naturalism in the 15th century.
In The Fitzwilliam Museum鈥檚 picture galleries, Hockney鈥檚 drawings, paintings and digital artworks are shown in a series of provocative encounters with works by artists including Claude Monet, John Constable and Andy Warhol.
The display at The Heong Gallery charts Hockney鈥檚 pioneering modern experiments from the 1960s to the present day in bringing hand, eye, and optical instruments together, with the iconic Grand Canyon I (2017) among the many glorious and daring works on display.
Artists on show
Contact details
Related articles
Amid the cost of living crisis, free culture has never been more vital. Here are 20 events to enrich mind and wallet this season, from Hockney in Cambridge to Cardiff鈥檚 6 Music fringe festival
Exhibiting next to Old Masters, David Hockney鈥檚 work more than hold its own, its dazzling hues sometimes making the rest look dull in comparison.
On the lawn in front of the neoclassical facade of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge there currently stands a small lime-green octagonal shed with a conical roof, reminiscent of a postmodern jousting pavilion.
Black artists' visions of the future, seafaring delights and a rare Picasso are all on our list for July
What's on nearby
