A review by elinevdg
A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney by Martin Gayford

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5.0

A couple of years ago I watched John Berger's Ways of Seeing documentary (it's on YouTube) on how artists look at the world. I remember it being mind opening to me. I pretty much had the same, but even more impactful feeling, while reading A Bigger Message. Reading about how Hockney sees and experiences the world and the eloquent directness he uses to express himself was a joy to read. It also has the added bonus of having lots of amazing pictures, paintings and drawings, both by Hockney and others, to illustrate the text.
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