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True to Life: Twenty-Five Years of Conversations with David Hockney
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About True To Life: Twenty-Five Years Of Conversations
Product Description Soon after the book's publication in 1982, artist David Hockney read Lawrence Weschler's Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin and invited Weschler to his studio to discuss it, initiating a series of engrossing dialogues, gathered here for the first time. Weschler chronicles Hockney's protean production and speculations, including his scenic designs for opera, his homemade xerographic prints, his exploration of physics in relation to Chinese landscape painting, his investigations into optical devices, his taking up of watercolor―and then his spectacular return to oil painting, around 2005, with a series of landscapes of the East Yorkshire countryside of his youth. These conversations provide an astonishing record of what has been Hockney's grand endeavor, nothing less than an exploration of "the structure of seeing" itself. Review “Aside from being a terrific writer, Weschler is clearly a great listener and interviewer.” -- Robert L. Pincus, San Diego Union-Tribune Published On: 2009-02-22 “Weschler rewards his readers with lengthy quotes, an overwhelming wealth of knowledge and a lively narrative style.” (Starred Review) , Publishers Weekly Published On: 2009-01-12 “‘Seeing Is Forgetting’ and ‘True to Life’ are not only about the artists talking to Weschler or, through him, to each other; they're about the artists talking to themselves.” -- David Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Review Published On: 2009-03-29 “‘Seeing Is Forgetting’ and ‘True to Life’ are not only about the artists talking to Weschler or, through him, to each other; they're about the artists talking to themselves.” -- David Ulin, Salt Lake Tribune Published On: 2009-04-05 From the Inside Flap Lawrence Weschler is one of the most deliriously entertaining writers alive. He does what the best artists and writers should do: he makes you see the world anew.--Dave Eggers, editor of McSweeney's and author of What Is the What Weschler guides and entertains the reader at every turn.--John Walsh, Director Emeritus, J. Paul Getty Museum From the Back Cover "Lawrence Weschler is one of the most deliriously entertaining writers alive. He does what the best artists and writers should do: he makes you see the world anew."―Dave Eggers, editor of McSweeney's and author of What Is the What "Weschler guides and entertains the reader at every turn."―John Walsh, Director Emeritus, J. Paul Getty Museum About the Author Lawrence Weschler, a staff writer for twenty years at the New Yorker, is the Director of the New York Institute of the Humanities at New York University and Artistic Director of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
