David Hockney in A Bigger Splash

[dukewinward]

Hockney Green is his main contribution to painting, usually vivid green frightens away artists but Hockney thrives on it's use especially after he returned to England to paint plein air landscapes. His personna is bigger than his art with the exception of a few early paintings but his recent plein air landscapes have put him at the top of contemporary artists and help restore England's art credibility.

[drcroc2]

sick of hockney-haters

[MsJony1234]

?...........

[vieryuiop]

Umm... Isn't that a 'Hockney' he's slashing up? :0(

[babyycat]

wasnt he a little nuts? Or iam i missing something?

[Simonc1952]

@babyycat Yes, you are missing something. An education to begin the list.

[luverlything]

It's called Mr and Mrs Clark with Percy, Ossie Clark and his wife and design partner Celia Birtwell whom I used to work for!

[eamonreillydotcom]

Hockney's a great artist. Look at his painting called 'mr and mrs white with percy'. It's like a photograph.

[Rediamondrum]

A painting being like a photograph does not mean its great.

[billheartyface]

spoken like an "abstract" painter....you guys are all jealous because you couldn't paint a realistic asshole.

[hehebabycakes]

@billheartyface its not all about realism

[slice1P]

My last name is Hockney, and my whoooooole family is full of artists!

[gina888warhol1]

kool

[artymartymojo]

Would love to see the whole documentary. Considering the number of artists out there producing work, there's not really that many documentaries on artists that are well produced.

This one is very intriguing. No doubt about it, David is one of the great artists of our time.

[spinner9582]

Man, I can't believe anyone in their right mind thinks this is remarkable or fabulous. Maybe now would be a good time for Hockney to take art lessons, I'm sure he can afford it.

By the way, criticizing the work of the old painters is not a good way for Hockney to disguise his lack of talent as an artist. Take a look as his drawings!

[spunkchug]

I like his earlier work very much-but he did

kind of lose the plot later in his career. A lot of the greats

did, though. cf. Jasper Johns !

[jackcoltman]

I think Hockney's drawings are exceptional pieces of work, proabably what he'll be best remembered for.

[Mmilie]

Read DH's "Secret Knowledge". He happens to love old painters.

[clawsbeatskin]

A lot of people seem to be put off by this film, due to the fact that thay are expecting a standard documentary--for me, the film is so much more than that-it's incredibly ambitious in structure & really captures an amazing cultural window, with some fascinating people. IMO it's

one of the best portraits of an artist ever put on celluloid.

[spunkchug]

absolutely. RUDE BOY is great as well.

in a similar vein-not a straightforward doc either.

[valland55]

very remarkable, just those few munutes.

[crash9080]

I thought it was beautiful but really bloody boring. I liked the bits where they filmed the locations of some of his paintings

[Oliboliboobar]

Fabulous! Very underrated film.