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Artist:Howard Hodgkin
Medium: Video
Running Time: 52 minutes
Produced By: RM Arts

Item #: 5987
Name: Howard Hodgkin
Price: $39.95

About this video...
Howard Hodgkin, one of today's foremost British artists, describes himself as a painter of feelings rather than of ideas. The memories Hodgkin's intense works evoke are deeply rooted in human experience. With exuberant colors and bold shapes that carry over to the frames, he speaks directly to the viewer's intellect and emotions. A modest man, Hodgkin acknowledges his debt to past masters, especially to those superb colorists, Degas and Turner. Highlights of this program include discussions of his large mural on the outside of the British Council building in New Delhi, India, and his Venice paintings, in which the shapes seem to be under water. Among the program's commentators are renowned artist David Hockney and noted art critics Andrew Graham-Dixon, Sarah Kent, and David Sylvester