This exhibition in the Sackler was running alongside the summer exhibition, It consists of a set of 82 identically-sized portraits, painted over two years from the Summer of 2013. All the sitters sat in the same chair with the same backdrop but were free to choose their own clothing.
This exhibition required a ticket because of its anticipated popularity. However, I'm afraid I found the phenomenon of the series more interesting than many of the individual portraits. Many of the sitters were unknown to me and while Hockney drew out their characters, it did not seem to be that he did this to some extraordinary extent. The most interesting for me was the portrait of Celia Birtwell, who had featured in Hockney's 1970 portrait of Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy.
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