Inspirational Imagery: david hockney

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BMW Art Cars

You know what's cool? BMW Art Cars.

Top Row:

Esther Mahlangu, BMW 525i, 1991
David Hockney, BMW 850 CSi, 1995
Robert Rauschenberg, BMW 635 CSi, 1986

Middle Row:

Andy Warhol, BMW M1 Group 4 Race Version, 1979

Frank Stella, BMW 3.0 CSL, 1976

Alexander Calder, BMW 3.0 CSL, 1975

Bottom Row:

Ernst Fuchs, BMW 635 CSi, 1982

Roy Lichtenstein, BMW 320i Group 5 Race Version, 1977

Jeff Koons, BMW M3 GT2, 2010

My faves are the Warhol, the Lichtenstein, and the Stella.

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Peter Schlesinger is an artist and photographer, who probably had loads of fun in the 70's taking pictures of all of the favorite artsy-avant-disco champions. The photos below come from his book Checkered Past, A Visual Diary Of The 60's And 70's.

Amanda Lear, Colville Terrace, 1973

When I was in Barcelona, there was an exhibition about Amanda Lear at the Salvador Dali museum. I curse myself for missing it, because she is a fascinating character. She was Dali's muse and lover, a disco queen in Europe, engaged to Bryan Ferry (she was on the cover of Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure,) she dated the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones, had an affair with David Bowie after appearing in his live performance, and in addition to being a model, she was known as Paris' greatest stripper, and was possibly a transsexual. Wiki for more details.

Vivienne Westwood's Shop, London, 1975

La Piscine Deligny, Paris, 1975

La Piscine Deligny was a floating swimming pool in the Seine, built originally in 1801, and then renovated in 1840. It was known as a great place to people-watch. It sank in 1993, and was replaced in 2006 with the Piscine Joséphine-Baker.

David Hockney and Cecil Beaton, Raddish House, 1975

Schlesinger and Hockney were a couple in the 60's and 70's.

David Hockney

David Hockney is a British artist, with a long career most firmly segmented into the Pop-Art category. This collection of work was inspired by his move to California in the mid-60's: Lawns, swimming pools, naked dudes.

Nick Wilder, 1966

A Lawn Being Sprinkled, 1967

Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972.

The figure on the right is Peter Schlesinger, an ex of Hockney's.

A Bigger Splash, 1967

Miscellaneous

David Hockney

Factory tape; it's been cataloged as you can see.

Not sure of the source of this photo. What are they doing anyway?

Unsure of this source also. It looks vintage, but I don't believe it is. There's a girl on the right who looks to be wearing modern clothes, and then that sign in the foreground for the Sun looks pretty new. I wish I knew where this photo was taken.

Miscellaneous

A freakishly beautiful photograph. Here is the caption from Life Magazine, May 1947:

"On May Day, just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. ‘He is much better off without me … I wouldn’t make a good wife for anybody,’ … Then she crossed it out. She went to the observation platform of the Empire State Building. Through the mist she gazed at the street, 86 floors below. Then she jumped. In her desperate determination she leaped clear of the setbacks and hit a United Nations limousine parked at the curb. Across the street photography student Robert Wiles heard an explosive crash. Just four minutes after Evelyn McHale’s death Wiles got this picture of death’s violence and its composure."

Scene from The Shining.

Nice Bathroom! Love those colors and art deco style!

David Hockney painted lots of 2D pools and some 3D pools.

Miscellaneous

Tea set by Bauhaus-era ceramicist, Margarete Heymann. There was a recent article about her in the NY Times. It's interesting because it dispels a little mythology about the Bauhaus.