22 April 2017. Hockney at Tate Britain

This was my second visit to the Hockney retrospective. It presented very well his intellectual contribution with the first room devoted to his arguing over the nature of art and painting. I was also really struck by the room with his collaged photographs as well as that containing a four screen simultaneous presentation of the film of the same road in Yorkshire in each of the four seasons. The portraits are also very striking as are the paintings conveying his joy of the settings ( mainly California and Yorkshire) in which he has resided. It would be interesting to see how these stand the test of time and how they come to be viewed in the unfolding of art history. I feel torn between wondering whether these are just very lovely to look art or seeing them as an especially and unique capturing of their subject matter.