{"id":13605,"global_id":"portlandartmuseum.org?id=13605","global_id_lineage":["portlandartmuseum.org?id=13605"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2025-04-17 13:17:11","date_utc":"2025-04-17 20:17:11","modified":"2026-03-24 16:35:52","modified_utc":"2026-03-24 23:35:52","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/event\/david-hockney\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/13605","title":"David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation","description":"

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In spring and summer 2026, the Portland Art Museum presents David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation<\/em>, celebrating one of the most influential artists of our time. The vibrant exhibition, on view February 14 \u2013 July 26, 2026, is the largest North American survey exhibition of Hockney\u2019s work, with more than 200 colorful prints, collages, video, and photographic and iPad drawings spanning six decades of the artist\u2019s career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best known for vivid scenes that highlight his passion for both the natural world and human connection, visitors will experience a stunning array of dimensions and media that underscore Hockney’s innovative experiments. <\/em>Included are his iconic subjects and series\u2014California swimming pools, the monumental Yosemite, and British landscapes in full bloom, as well as intimate portrayals of friends, family, and queer desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHockney\u2019s colorful, fresh perspectives encourage us to reconsider everyday objects, faces, and places of our rapidly changing contemporary world in whimsical new ways,\u201d said Catherine Whitney, Honolulu Museum of Art Director of Curatorial Affairs and exhibition consulting curator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlighting some of Hockney\u2019s most celebrated pieces, David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation<\/em> sheds light on the artist\u2019s process, driven by his fascination with technology as a channel for both artistic creation and human connection. In a pursuit to better understand how artists translate visual perception, Hockney has explored historical modes of representation, including the expansive spaces of traditional Chinese scrolls, the condensed dimensionality of Cubism, and the linear perspective of the Italian Renaissance, as well as optical devices like mirrors and the camera obscura. He also takes inspiration from the continual advancement of modern technology to evolve his approach and visual vocabulary, utilizing tools such as copy machines, photo editing software, iPhones, and iPads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo many, David Hockney is the most important artist working today. His images take us on a journey through country roads and gardens and let us view his exploration of perspective. More than any other artist, he has used technology to create art,\u201d said ARTnews<\/em> Top 200 Collector Jordan Schnitzer. \u201cWhether it was Xerox prints, Polaroid photographs, or on the iPad, Hockney\u2019s eye and hand create some of the most intriguing and beautiful art ever made!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hockney\u2019s ability to engage deeply with an ever-changing world invites viewers to reconsider ideas of relationships versus solitude, spectacle versus reality, and tradition versus technology. A highlight of the exhibition is a 2014 photographic series that demonstrates an innovative approach involving \u201creversed perspective,\u201d in which the spectator\u2019s view is tightly focused on the foreground of an image, rather than upon a far-off vanishing point. Multiple angles and equally sharp viewpoints converge simultaneously to visually simulate the experience of moving through space and time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are pleased to be partnering with Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation on this impressive exhibition of David Hockney\u2019s work,\u201d said Portland Art Museum Director Brian Ferriso. \u201cWe are excited for visitors to experience the artist\u2019s vibrant style, subject matter, and perspective shifts in the newly renovated and expanded museum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organized by Catherine Whitney, Honolulu Museum of Art Director of Curatorial Affairs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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