David Hockney

David Hockney (born 1937) is a renowned British artist known for his innovative approach to color and visual experimentation. He has redefined contemporary painting through his open use of technology and new media, exploring various forms like painting, photographic collages, and digital drawings.

A Bigger Book, published by Taschen in 2010, serves as an artist’s retrospective and an art object. Each copy includes a fine art print from Hockney’s celebrated iPad drawings between 2009 and 2010, marking the beginning of his new creative phase centered on digital painting.

The work Untitled 329 showcases a vibrant composition where the digital surface becomes a pictorial space, merging gesture, light, and color. Hockney translates his visual language into a contemporary form of “painting with light,” blending tradition and innovation with his poetic precision.

Limited editions of A Bigger Book with signed prints are highly sought after. Hockney’s works have achieved prices exceeding $90 million, solidifying his status as one of the most valuable living artists.

His digital works and iPad drawings have been exhibited at prestigious institutions like the Royal Academy of Arts (London), LACMA (Los Angeles), and Centre Pompidou (Paris).

Hockney is recognized as a pioneer of contemporary digital art.

A Bigger Book is held in major collections of artist’s books and editorial art projects of the 21st century.