eye likey visits THE MET :

dec 7, 2017

David Hockney, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from November 27, 2017, through February 25, 2018.

Thanks to the MET.

featuring close-ups, details, vintage pics & Hockney quotes.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

-Hockney

I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the teaching of looking.' A lot of people don't look very hard.

-Hockney

I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.
- Hockney

Of course you can still paint a landscape - it's not been worn out.
-Hockney

Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

-Hockney

ABOUT :

David Hockney

British, born 1937

David Hockney attended the Bradford School of Art before entering the Royal College of Art, where he remained between 1959 and 1962. His classmates included Peter Blake and R. B. Kitaj. Hockney's celebrity came while he was still a student, when his work was included in the Young Contemporaries exhibition, which marked the rise of British pop art. He visited Los Angeles in the early 1960s and settled there soon after. He is often associated with Southern California and the many works he produced there over several decades. David Hockney was elected to the Royal Academy in 1991.

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions

http://www.davidhockney.co/

Note: *Several of the works posted here are regrettably not included in the MET's exhibition. So, if you can't make it to NYC by Feb, this post is your #FREE ticket in, maybe a little better, just saying.