David Hockney - My Window (A Bigger Book)

The David Hockney SUMO
A Bigger Book, TASCHEN's monograph of David Hockney in SUMO format, is as spectacular in size as it is in scope. In it, the artist takes stock of more than 60 years of work, from his teenage years at the Bradford School of Art, through his breakthrough in Swinging London in the 1960s, life at pools in Los Angeles in the 1970s, to his recent extensive series of Yorkshire portraits, iPad drawings and landscapes.
This limited Art Edition of A Bigger Book offers the most exuberant presentation of Hockney's monograph, featuring an exclusive inkjet print of one of Hockney's famous iPad drawings, printed under the artist's supervision in his Los Angeles studio. Showcasing a bunch of pink tulips in a vase, the vibrant work is part of Hockney's celebrated flower series on iPad and iPhone, a testimony to his constant experimentation with artistic tools. "There's magic in an iPad," the artist notes, "It's the same magic that's in a pencil or pen or brushes."
This book is number 350 of Art Edition B (Nos. 251–500), each book has an iPad drawing signed by David Hockney with a book stand by Marc Newson.
Never before has Hockney's work been published on such an astonishing and compelling scale. As each page unfolds in a burst of blue, pink, green and orange, we are enchanted by both the artist's vibrancy as a colorist and his extraordinary sense of the conditions of the world around us. Through Hockney's restless interrogation of perception and representation, we witness the soft sheen of light on a muddy Yorkshire puddle, the ocher grandeur of A Bigger Grand Canyon, the rustic majesty of Bigger Trees near Warter, and of course A Bigger Splash, with the exquisite sparkle of a turquoise pool under an iridescent California sky. These large paintings are accompanied by the artist's drawings, photo composites, multi-perspective collages, set designs, multi-camera video works, and iPad drawings, each an arsenal of viewing and displaying in a variety of styles and media.