David Hockney - Iris with Evian Bottle (1998)

Description Louisiana poster with the work, Iris with Evian Bottle, (1998), by David Hockney (b. 1937), published in conjunction with the exhibition, The Flower as Image, at Louisiana in 2004/05. David Hockney is one of Britain's most influential artists of the 20th century and was central to the 60s pop art scene in London. Hockey is very well known among many visitors to Louisiana, where he has exhibited several times. David Hockney is loved by many for his ability to touch the ordinary - that which the world mostly consists of. He likes to let it float for a bit, so that we become involved, because Hockney both offers a motif and that we ourselves get involved in processing the scene. In 2007, Louisiana acquired David Hockney's giant painting A Closer Grand Canyon, (1998), consisting of 60 smaller canvases assembled into one large picture – a work which has since become an absolute masterpiece in the collection. Today, David Hockney lives in Normandy, where he constantly experiments