David Hockney Portraits @ National Portrait Gallery

12 October 2006 - 21 January 2007
Wolfson and Ground Floor Galleries

Exhibition organised with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

'What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing: you wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.'
David Hockney

Adults: £9.00 (advanced booking recommended - Call 0870 013 0703)
Concessions: £6.00
Children under 12: Free
Adult groups of 10 or more: £8 each (minimum 2 weeks advanced booking required - Call 020 7312 2483)
Students in organised groups of 10 or more with lecturers, £6.00/£3.00 Monday to Wednesday before 1pm (minimum 2 weeks advanced booking required - Call 020 7312 2483)
Become a member and see the exhibition for free. Supported by Burberry.

Produced in close collaboration with the artist, this is the first exhibition devoted to David Hockney's portraits spanning over fifty years. This celebrated artist has been engaged with portraiture since his teenage years. Self-portraits and portraits of family, lovers, friends and well-known subjects represent an intimate visual diary of his life and artistic preoccupations.

Featuring over 150 works across different media from the now iconic early double portraits to recent paintings produced especially for the exhibition, David Hockney Portraits reveals how the artist's creative development and concerns about representation can be traced through his portrait work.

A catalogue, with over 300 illustrations, by curator Sarah Howgate accompanies the exhibition, including essays by Marco Livingstone, Mark Glazebrook, Edmund White and Barbara Stern Shapiro. £35 hardback and Gallery exclusive £25 paperback.

PRESS RELEASE
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/preldavidhockney.asp

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