How we work: Howard Hodgkin, artist
Hodgkin paints fairly reclusively, on several paintings in parallel, most of which take years to complete. He works in an all-white studio without windows or a live model, and with few preparatory drafts:
Hodgkin admits to only being able to manage a large picture space in the past ten years or so, 'You have to keep the picture surface alive "all over", in a way that you don't with smaller paintings. You can't pretend the picture surface isn't there on a large scale'.
Hodgkin's working methods are not typical. The painting Lovers (finished in 1992) took eight years to complete. He works out many aspects of a large painting in his mind - there are few preliminary works, few props or aide-memoire. He carries with him an extensive knowledge of other artists' work. He believes that the media-dominated culture in which we live is prompting a return to the lasting values of painting. (from Calvocoressi in Howard Hodgkin, Large Paintings, 2002, 10)
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paintings. How do I meet him
Posted by: vincenza | June 14, 2006 at 12:20 AM
I also paint
Posted by: vincenza | June 14, 2006 at 12:26 AM
Find out who his dealer is and ask them, but be prepared to be ignored or knocked back - Hodgkin is famously private. Even to people that also paint.
Posted by: rodcorp | June 14, 2006 at 12:59 AM
i am a student at herefor sixth form, i am studying Howard Hodgkins ina personal investigation. i was woundering if i was able to find a little information about the way inwhich he works and techniques that may be usefull when understanding his work
sarah
Posted by: Sarah Bennett | April 30, 2007 at 03:11 PM