Hockney

David Hockney is considered one of the greatest living painters. A 1960s exponent of British Pop Art, he’s also known for his figurative experimentation through the use of Polaroid, fax, iPhone e iPad. Randall Wright’s film is a portrait of the English artist in conformist 1960s America who spoke of his own homosexuality through his highly personal and disruptive work. After having moved to Los Angeles, at the height of the Pop period, Hockney began a quick, overwhelming rise with his large paintings, now highly sought-after, of houses and swimming pools populated by portraits drawn from life of people within his circle of friends. Through the artist’s own testimony and interviews with his friends and collaborators, including Arthur Lambert, Celia Birtwell and Ed Ruscha, the director builds a film which winds through period footage and an exclusive tour of the artist’s personal archive, between Los Angeles and his Yorkshire studio. where he still paints.