David Hockney Retrospective at Vienna's Kunstforum Explores Six Decades

The exhibition 'David Hockney: Insights. Reflecting the Tate Collection' at the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien highlights the British artist's journey from the 1960s through 2017. It begins with Hockney's iconic pool paintings from California, emblematic of Los Angeles's liberal culture, coinciding with the decriminalization of homosexuality in England in 1976. Featured early pieces include 'My Parents' (1977) and landscapes from 'The Four Seasons, Woldgate Wood.' The show showcases Hockney's technological innovations, spanning from 1980s 'art faxes' to iPhone sketches and Normandy scenes created during the pandemic. His initial works from the Royal College of Art delve into representation and abstraction, while darkened galleries display printmaking series like 'A Rake's Progress.' The exhibition is open until June 19, 2022.