A Small Thing Enlarged, 15-colour screen print, 2021, supporting The Art Fund. The print is made from the small gouache Howard painted for the BBC’s Billboard Project in 1992. A Small Thing Enlarged, 15-colour screen print, 2021, is available through The Art Fund.
A Small Thing Enlarged, 15-colour screen print, 2021, supporting The Art Fund. The print is made from the small gouache Howard painted for the BBC’s Billboard Project in 1992.
A Small Thing Enlarged, 1992
"The sublimity of color in Hodgkin's pictures can be thought of as, first of all, expressive of gratitude for the world that resists and survives the ego and its discontents." Susan Sontag1995
"The sublimity of color in Hodgkin's pictures can be thought of as, first of all, expressive of gratitude for the world that resists and survives the ego and its discontents."
Goodbye to the Bay of Naples (detail), 1980 - 1982
A Rainbow, 2003 - 2004
"I am a representational painter, but not a painter of appearances. I paint representational pictures of emotional situations." Howard Hodgkin
"I am a representational painter, but not a painter of appearances. I paint representational pictures of emotional situations."
Now (detail), 2015 - 2016
After Degas (detail), 1993
"(India) I couldn’t work without it." Howard Hodgkin2014
"(India) I couldn’t work without it."
In the Studio of Jamini Roy (detail), 1976 - 1979
"The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling." Howard Hodgkin
"The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling."
Lovers (detail,) 1984 - 1992
Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin CH CBE (1932 – 2017) was a British painter and printmaker.
Judy Marle’s 1982 film, made for the Arts Council, includes scenes in India and conversations with David Sylvester, Foy Nissen, Bhupen Khakhar, Haridas Swali and Julia Hodgkin.
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A limited special edition of Hodgkin’s original work (190x400mm) produced with the permission of the Trustees of the Howard Hodgkin Paintings and Prints Trust especially for the #TogetherForMuseums campaign. 15-colour screen print on hand-torn 400gsm Somerset satin mould-made cotton paper, with embossed Howard Hodgkin signature, numbered and presented in a portfolio with a certificate of authorisation signed by the estate and trustees.
The print is made from the small gouache Howard painted for the BBC Billboard project in 1992. He was excited by changes in scale, admired the work of Vladimir Polunin (1880-1957), chief scene painter of the Ballet Russes, who worked with Picasso and could make a backdrop from a sketch on a matchbox. Polunin later taught scenic design at the Slade School of Fine Art. Howard called this work A Small Thing Enlarged.
Explore a collection of works in the Cristea Roberts Gallery online viewing room, selected by interior designer Kit Kemp MBE.
‘A Private View with Kit Kemp’, is the first in a series of Online Viewing Rooms featuring works selected by collectors, giving us insight to their passion and joy for buying and living with art, and how it inspires them.
“I love the immediacy of Howard Hodgkin’s work. That blast of colour that immediately affects my mood. His work reminds me of sitting in a fast car looking at scenes as I pass by at speed. There is movement, temperature, time of day and mood, isolated for a simple second as I whizz by. His work invigorates me.” – Kit Kemp
Dance On! Video Vault is a series of curated archival collections that provide a rare chance to rediscover dances from the earlier years of the Mark Morris Dance Group.
Rhymes With Silver was co-commissioned by Cal Performances as part of their 1997 spring season. Composer Lou Harrison created this original score for Mark Morris and Howard Hodgkin created the set design.
Choreography: Mark Morris Set design: Howard Hodgkin Costume design: Martin Pakledinaz Music: Lou Harrison Lighting: Michael Chybowski
Rhymes With Silver is available to watch until March 7, 2021 by clicking on this link.
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The Indian Collection
Howard Hodgkin’s collection of Indian paintings and drawings has been recognised as one of the finest of its kind. It comprises over 115 works, including many from the Mughal period (c. 1550–1850). With no interest in ac- ademic issues of topography, period or style, it reflects an artist’s passion for art.
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