Garry’s Glass Pal Under David Hawkney
Next week, Fondation Louis Witon David will become a canvas for the biggest showcase of hockey work. Whereas archive Was designed by Frank Gehri To incite the air -filled sails floating in Bois de Boulogne, its transportation forms are reinstated by one of the most freewing brains of modern art. David Hawkney Paris exhibition, has been openly running from 31 August on 9 April, will capture all eleven of the museum with more than four hundred works extending for seven decades. But unlike typical retrospectives, this one is shaped by Hawkney, which brings the full weight of his vision to play.
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In a controversial turn, the David Hawkney Exhibition Poster, intended for the Paris Metro network, has been drawn – not for his art, but for it artist A pracharak is doing in the picture. In the image, Hawkney is sitting near a new self PortraitWithin a drama, a drama within a drama and me with a cigarette, and a cigarette is holding. The lawyers of the Paris Public Transport Authority approached the artist to inform them that the image could not be used in the metro advertisement.
The ban is based on the French advertising laws, which ban the public propagation of smoking, only extends to the picture – not painting, despite the characteristic of Hawkney with cigarettes in both hands. The 87 -year -old artist described the verdict as ‘complete insanity’, called it an example of ‘bossness’, he has opposed his entire life. For Hawkney, smoking is a symbol of personal freedom. The feeling is shared by the curator Sir Norman Rosanthal, who called the move ‘Beyond Comprehension’ and an dissatisfaction for the city associated with revolution, resistance and artistic freedom.
David Hawkney, an artist’s picture (pool with two figures), 1972
It is appropriate that David Hawkney Paris exhibition opens with his father’s portrait in 1955 – a person who rejected smoking – well as the French transport system tries to exclude an image of the same habit. This Juxtaposition deepens only the relevance of the exhibition: it is not just a chronological performance, but a statement on freedom and control, tradition and progress, stress between personal and public. Hawkney, which continues to paint daily, reminds us through this expander, style-defined show that art is a place where rebellion can still bloom.
Project Information:
exhibition: David Hawkney 25
artist: David Hawkney , @Davidhockneyfoundation
archive: Fondation Louis Witon , @fondationlv
Place: 8 AV Do Mahatma Gandhi, 75116 Paris
On view: 9 April – 31 August, 2025
Photography: Courtesy Fondation Louis Witon
