Hockney and Warhol

This week were given a choice of whatever two videos we wanted to watch. This week I chose to watch Hockney on Photography because I personally prefer the medium of photography when it comes to making art. I also had a bit of background knowledge of David Hockney as I had a photography project that focused on his style of photography.

But the video was rich with so much more information. It was such a deep insight into the personality behind his work. For instance, it was interesting to find out his philosophy on photography itself, and whether it is an art or not. This was an often debated topic at the time of Hockney's work, however Hockney himself said he didn't pay attention to whether it was art or not, he was just interested in what he was creating. I also had no idea about his love/hate relationship with photography. How he would get frustrated and leave photography for a while and go back to painting; which was his first medium as an artist.

I also chose to watch Andy Warhol: Images of an Image because I was interested in his backstory. I learned that he started out as a graphic designer for magazines. I also learned that his famous portrait of Marilyn Monroe was the first time he used the silk screening technique. And surprisingly in other pieces he did, he frequented the theme of death.

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