David Hockney, ‘The Moon Room’ at Pace Gallery

While quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic in Normandy, late British painter David Hockney kept his iPad at the ready, producing drawings in and around his 17th century house and 12-acre farm.  Now on view at Pace Gallery, a selection of nighttime scenes created from April to Dec ‘20 feature shadows cast by trees from a bright, low July moon and warmly lit windows on a cool October night.  Presented in a darkened gallery at Pace, the spotlit scenes are printed on paper but retain the bright digital glow that infuses each landscape with light.  (On view in Chelsea through Aug 14th).

A house with glowing orange windows at left with a field in the middle, the moon in the back and trees to the right.
David Hockney, 31st October 2020, No. 2, iPad painting printed on paper, mounted on Dibond, 27 1/8 x 39 3/16 inches, 2020.

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