| DAVID HOCKNEY | | In the autumn of 2021, BOZAR presents a major double exhibition of one of the most renowned and influential artists of our time. | | 8 OCTOBER 2021 > 23 JANUARY 2022 | Featuring some of the finest works from the Tate Collection, the first exhibition David Hockney: Works from the Tate Collection, 1954-2017 takes the visitor on a journey through the long career of the 83-year-old British artist.
The second exhibition, David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 is organised in partnership with the Royal Academy of Arts. It introduces us to his most recent work. Under the motto Do remember they can’t cancel the spring, Hockney used his iPad to record the blossoming of nature during the first lockdown, in the spring of 2020.
These two travelling exhibitions can only be seen together at BOZAR. It is the first time since 1992 that a major exhibition of David Hockney’s work has been organised in Belgium. | |
|
|
|
| |  | | David Hockney in his Normandy studio, 24th February 2021 © David Hockney, Photo credit: Jonathan Wilkinson | | For over six decades, David Hockney has been renowned as an artist who is always searching for new ways of exploring and depicting the world, from pop art via landscapes to portraits from the swinging sixties in London. His iconic ‘swimming pool’ works were so successful in capturing the 1970s Californian lifestyle that they became world famous. As his main sources of inspiration are his own experiences and relationships, his powerful images appeal to people all over the world.
It is almost thirty years since Hockney was the subject of a solo exhibition at BOZAR. His work made a deep impression in 1992. It’s now time for a new generation to discover his work. | |
|
|
|
|
 | | David Hockney, "Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Percy" 1970 – 1971, Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 120" © David Hockney Collection Tate, U.K. |
| DAVID HOCKNEY: WORKS FROM THE TATE COLLECTION, 1954-2017 | David Hockney: Works from the Tate Collection, 1954-2017 collects a comprehensive series of more than eighty of Hockney’s paintings, drawings and prints from the Tate Collection. This survey spans his entire career and includes a number of memorable works from the last century, such as the vast double portraits My Parents and Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy. The imposing Bigger Trees Near Water from 2007 is Hockney’s largest piece of work (over 12 metres long) and transports the visitor to a gloomy day in Yorkshire, where the artist grew up.
David Hockney: Works from the Tate Collection, 1954-2017 is organised by the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR) in cooperation with Tate. Exhibition curated by Helen Little. The exhibition will travel to Kunstforum Wien (spring 2022) and Kunstmuseum Luzern (summer 2022). | |
|
|
|
 | | David Hockney, "No. 147", 5th April 2020, iPad painting © David Hockney |
| DAVID HOCKNEY: THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING, NORMANDY, 2020 | David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020, the second exhibition, consists of a series of contemporary works by the painter, now aged 83. In Normandy, he used his iPad to ‘paint’ the passage of spring during the first lockdown. The colourful paintings of the beauty of nature remind us that we must continue to ‘love life’ even during these unsettling times: “Do remember they can’t cancel the spring”. The series of 116 works is printed on high-quality paper and will be exhibited in full in the Centre for Fine Arts.
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 is organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR). Exhibition curated by Edith Devaney, in close collaboration with David Hockney. Before Brussels, it will be on view at the Royal Academy of Arts in London (23 May > 26 September 2021). | |
|
|
