13 July 2019 to 8 September 2019

Print by David Hockney of a swimming pool scene.Image: David Hockney Afternoon swimming 1980, colour lithograph. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1980, © David Hockney.

This nationally touring exhibition highlighted his talents as one of the greatest printmakers of our time and was a thrilling insight into the mind of an iconic artist who at the age of 81 is still searching for new ways of seeing.

This was the first major exhibition of work by David Hockney at Hazelhurst and was drawn from the National Gallery of Australia’s extensive collection, presenting over 80 works from 1961 to the present day including prints developed using lithography and etching, photocopiers and fax machines, and more recently, iPhones and iPads.

A truly international artist who moved to Los Angeles In 1964 and during his lifetime exhibited widely in the USA, UK and Europe, David Hockney has always demonstrated a profound visual curiosity and desire to surprise, shock and entertain.

“I love new mediums. I think mediums can turn you on, they can excite you; they always let you do something in a different way” - David Hockney"

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: David Hockney: Prints, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

A National  Gallery of Australia exhibition.

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