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PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520243757
ISBN-139780520243750
eBay Product ID (ePID)66166801
Product Key Features
Book TitleTrue to Life : Twenty-Five Years of Conversations with David Hockney
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicIndividual Artists / General, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), American / General, Aesthetics, European
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Philosophy
AuthorLawrence Weschler
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-009383
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Weschler rewards his readers with lengthy quotes, an overwhelming wealth of knowledge and a lively narrative style." (Starred Review)-- Publishers Weekly, 'Seeing Is Forgetting' and 'True to Life' are not only about the artists talking to Weschler or, through him, to each other; they're about the artists talking to themselves., "'Seeing Is Forgetting' and 'True to Life' are not only about the artists talking to Weschler or, through him, to each other; they're about the artists talking to themselves."-- Los Angeles Times Book Review, "Aside from being a terrific writer, Weschler is clearly a great listener and interviewer."-- San Diego Union-Tribune, "Weschler rewards his readers with lengthy quotes, an overwhelming wealth of knowledge and a lively narrative style." (Starred Review), "Aside from being a terrific writer, Weschler is clearly a great listener and interviewer."--San Diego Union-tribune
Dewey Decimal760.092
SynopsisSoon after the book's publication in 1982, artist David Hockney read Lawrence Weschler's Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin and invited Weschler to his studio to discuss it, initiating a series of engrossing dialogues, gathered here for the first time. Weschler chronicles Hockney's protean production and speculations, including his scenic designs for opera, his homemade xerographic prints, his exploration of physics in relation to Chinese landscape painting, his investigations into optical devices, his taking up of watercolor--and then his spectacular return to oil painting, around 2005, with a series of landscapes of the East Yorkshire countryside of his youth. These conversations provide an astonishing record of what has been Hockney's grand endeavor, nothing less than an exploration of "the structure of seeing" itself.
LC Classification NumberN6797.H57A35 2008
