We See Psychologically-David Hockney outtake 37/80

The Getty Center. Hockney’s 1986 masterpiece ‘Pear Blossom Highway’ is being brought up from cold storage, along with its smaller preparatory version. For conservation reasons they are never normally shown together. This large photo-collage represented a breakthrough moment for DH and he frequently refers to it. It re-invents Photography and Drawing as Cubist collage, bringing the two media together to question the rules of perspective which have governed Western Art since the Renaissance. David believes this scene of a desert crossroads, carefully stitched together from 750 photographic prints, more nearly captures human perception, that co-ordination of brain, eye and feeling.
He is in conversation with The Getty Museum’s longtime photography curator, Weston Naef. Now retired, Weston had come from the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 1984 and ended up quadrupling the photo collection, adding 75,000 images.
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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

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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