Howard Hodgkin
Subtitle: last paintings
By: Stevie Smith; Paul Hills; Antony Peattie
Contributors: Smith, Stevie, 1902-1971, writer of poem; Hills, Paul, writer of essay; Peattie, Antony, writer of biography; Gagosian Gallery (London, England)
Publisher: Gagosian; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9781938748608
Subjects: Exhibitions
Description: One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary painters, Hodgkin composed powerful, expressive works that, while nominally abstract, bring representation, gesture, and affect into urgent relation. 'Last Paintings', presented at the Grosvenor Hill Gallery in accordance with the late artist's wishes, includes the final six paintings that he completed in India prior to his death in March 2017, five of which will be exhibited for the first time. The exhibition includes more than twenty other paintings never before exhibited in Europe. In 1972 Hodgkin renounced working on canvas in favor of wooden panels and frames, some new and others sourced secondhand in India and Europe. The grain of the wood and the scars and scratches of the supports became integral to the paintings, affirming their physical presence and heft. 'Last Paintings' attests to the immediacy of Hodgkin's methods, as well as his intuitive understanding of the relationship between hand, eye, and memory.--Exhibition: Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, London, UK (1.6. - 28.7. 2018).
Notes: "Printed on the occasion of the exhibition, 'Howard Hodgkin: Last Paintings' held at the Gagosian Gallery (London), June 1-July 28, 2018"--page [103].

"Mr. Over" written by Stevie Smith, ©1972. Originally published in "Collected Poems of Stevie Smith" and reprinted here by permission of New Directions Publishing Copr., New York, and Faber and Baber Ltd., London. ; "Howard Hodgkin, Sculptural Painter" written by Paul Hills.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-101).