Hockney's from traditional oil painting to his iPad painting between rooms.This week’s New Yorker cover is by David Hockney, who also produced the art featured on the first iPad edition of the magazine. Hockney regularly “paints” on the iPad, and despite the technological chasm between a paintbrush and a touchscreen, his iPad works are remarkably recognizable. The Economist’s Intelligent Life supplement ran a long article by Karen Wright about her encounters with Hockney in Summer 2010. Though he is losing his hearing, at 72 Hockney has more drive and curiosity about life than most people half his age. He pushes the limits of technology, not just in his use of the iPad but in his photography. Known for his photo-montages, he now takes panoramic shots with the help of nine cameras mounted on top of his Jeep. Wright quotes the artist as remarking that “People think we are from Google Maps.” Hockney has hardly fallen behind the times:
He picks up his iPad and slips it into his jacket pocket. All his suits have been made with a deep inside pocket so that he can put a sketchbook in it: now the iPad fits there just as snugly. Even his tux has the pocket, he tells me. I ask him if he still draws on his iPhone and he snorts. “No! That’s just a phone now.”
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