David Hockney. Myself and my Heroes

17 August 2007 to 6 January 2008
in the Janssen-Kabinett

extended until 20 January 2008

To mark David Hockney’s 70th birthday, the Kupferstichkabinett is showing a selection of his prints and drawings plus several works on loan from private collections. In the 1960s, Hockney started working intensively with lithography, frequently incorporating details and ideas from the works of other artists. His first major series of etchings, “A Rake’s Progress”, interprets paintings and the series of the same name by William Hogarth, but sets the moralising story in 1960s New York and studs it with autobiographical references. In “Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C. P. Cavafy”(1966/67) he traces the footsteps of the Greek author Konstantinos Kavafis (1863-1933).

Curator of the Exhibition: Dr. Petra Roettig

David Hockney
Receiving the inheritance, 1961- 1963

David Hockney
The Gospel Singing, 1961-63

David Hockney
The 7 Stone Weakling, 1961-63

David Hockney
Mo in St. Mawes, 1967

1-3 aus der Folge: A Rake’s Progress, 1961-63
© Hamburger Kunsthalle / bpk
© Photo: Christoph Irrgang