Not exact matches
I think it's obvious that if asked to compare the
depicted character to any important
person, Obama's
name would probably be on top
of the list.
All but one
of the sketches are annotated with a
name, presumably that
of the
person portrayed or the individual who commissioned the corresponding painting — thereby putting to rest a long - standing debate over whether the fantasy figures
depict known individuals or imaginary models.
Some
of the photographers»
names are famous and their images well - known — Mathew Brady, Irving Penn, Gordon Parks, Bob Lerner, Ernest Withers, Mary Ellen Mark, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sal Lopes, Chuck Close — but a key to this exhibition is all the frames taken by ordinary
people that
depict ordinary events.
Through a careful selection
of works both iconic and previously unpublished, this book explores the many ways in which Hockney has
depicted the
people around him, be they famous
names such as Andy Warhol, Christopher Isherwood, and W. H. Auden or lifelong friends such as Henry Geldzahler and Celia Birtwell, among many others.