Het voorjaar gaat door
€ 29,90
Op zijn tachtigste zocht David Hockney voor het eerst de rust op van het platteland, waar hij de zon kon zien ondergaan en de wisseling van de seizoenen kon bekijken, en waar hij de gekte van de wereld op afstand kon houden. In La Grande Cour, de eeuwenoude Normandische boerderij, wachtte Hockney op de komst van de lente. Hockney gaat volledig op in zijn anderhalve hectare grond in Noord-Frankrijk en de onderwerpen die hem al jaren¬lang fascineren: licht, kleur, ruimte, waarneming, water, bomen. We kunnen veel van hem leren, over hoe we moeten kijken… maar ook over hoe we moeten leven.
Het voorjaar gaat door is de neerslag van de intense gesprekken tussen kunstrecensent Martin Gayford en Hockney. Hun gedachtewisseling is geïllustreerd met een selectie van Hockneys nieuwe, nog ongepubliceerde Normandische iPadtekeningen en schilderijen, en met werk van Monet, Van Gogh, Bruegel en anderen. Het resultaat is een opbeurend manifest dat laat zien hoe kunst ons kan optillen en inspireren.
Martin Gayford is kunstcriticus voor The Spectator en auteur van verschillende boeken over kunst en over Hockney.
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