Dumped Fridge- David Hockney Outtake 3/80

This video is an outtake from David Hockney: A Bigger Picture, an award-winning documentary by filmmaker Bruno Wollheim. Watch the full film here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/116394
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Hockney continues the 6-panel painting he had started the day before, of an early morning mist – except he was now faced with bright clear light. He was painting from memory – and imagination. So a sort of parable unfolds, about the capacity of art and artists to correct the world in their own image. Over the course of the year David makes six paintings of this scene, Woldgate Woods. All are wonderfully elegiac, with not a dumped fridge in sight.

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Filmed over three years with unprecedented access, A Bigger Picture captures Britain’s most beloved painter at work. David Hockney’s return from California to paint the East Yorkshire landscape of his childhood – outside, in all weathers, through the seasons – culminates in the largest picture ever made outdoors. It’s an inspiring story of a painter in creative dialogue with nature and photography, and a revealing portrait of Britain’s most popular and celebrated artist.

“This wonderful film … will be of lasting importance for future generations who want to understand Hockney’s art.” Saturday Review, BBC Radio 4

“Bruno Wollheim’s portrait of this forthright magus is an unqualified, life-enhancing joy from start to finish.” – The Sunday Times

“This film may well be the best anyone will ever make about Hockney’s process.” – The Times, London.

“As gently hypnotic and fulfilling as one of Hockney’s own works.” – Time Out

“This impressive documentary is almost cinematic in its scope… both majestic and intimate” – The Observer

Watch the full documentary here: https://vimeo.com/224807729

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