在《整潔的草坪》中,霍克尼凝視的表面主題是中產郊區的典型建築,位於南貝德福德街1033號,距離當時霍克尼的家只有數條街道之隔。霍克尼表示:「氣候和房屋的開放讓我想起意大利,我從法拉.安哲科(Fra Angelico)和皮耶羅.德拉.法朗西斯卡(Piero Della Francesca)的作品借用概念。」拍品呈現藝術家將其技巧與郊區景觀和生活方式結合的早期研究,把本來平平無奇的草坪提升為頂級畫作,改造房子前院成大草坪,並以他的感性將平淡的結構擴大到宏偉的比例。
i David Hockney, quoted in Nikos Stangos, ed., David Hockney by David Hockney, London, 1988, p. 151.
ii Ibid. iii Ibid. iv Ibid., p. 98. v Ibid., p. 126. vi John Kasmin, quoted in Monica Petzal and Cathy Courtney, “Kasmin: On David Hockney’s 1967 exhibition,” National Life Stories for Artists’ Lives, audio interview transcript, British Library, London, 2004-2016. vii David Hockney, quoted in “1966,” The David Hockney Foundation, online. viii Chris Stephens, David Hockney, exh. cat., Tate, London, 2017, p. 68. ix David Hockney, quoted in David Hockney, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988, p. 85. x David Hockney, quoted in Nikos Stangos, ed., David Hockney by David Hockney, London, 1988, 126. xi Ibid., p. 125. xii David Hockney, quoted in Nigel Farndale, “The Talented Mr. Hockney,” The Telegraph, November 15, 2001. xiii Andrew Causey, quoted in John A. Walker, Cultural Offensive: America's Impact on British Art Since 1945, London, 1998, p. 136. xiv David Hockney, quoted in Paul Melia and Ulrich Luckhardt, “1963-1967: Images of Southern California,” David Hockney: Paintings, New York, 1994, p. 61.
David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most well-known and celebrated artists of the
20th and 21st centuries. He works across many mediums, including painting, collage,
and more recently digitally, by creating print series on iPads. His works show semi-
abstract representations of domestic life, human relationships, floral, fauna, and the
changing of seasons.
Hockney has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Royal
Academy of Arts in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many
other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for more than $90
million.