Vie de David Hockney (Blanche)

Posted on 09 March 2019 by Catherine Cusset

Peut tre n prouverait il plus jamais de passion comme celle qu il avait sentie pour Peter, peut tre n y aurait il plus d union parfaite, mais il restait la perfection de l amiti , la beaut des cypr s sur les collines et la joie que donnait le travail Et s il oubliait Peter, s il r ussissait vivre sans lui, ce dernier ne reviendrait il pas Personne n tait attir par la tristesse et la m lancolie Mais par la gaiet , la force, le bonheur, oui N en 1937 dans une petite ville du nord de l Angleterre, David Hockney a d se battre pour devenir un artiste Il a v cu entre Londres et Los Angeles, travers les ann es sida et secou le monde de l art avec une vitalit et une libert que n ont entam es ni les chagrins amoureux, ni la maladie, ni les conflits, ni le deuil Sous la plume incisive de Catherine Cusset, ce livre mi chemin du roman et de la biographie dresse un portrait intime, mouvant, habit , du peintre anglais vivant le plus connu. Best Read Vie de David Hockney (Blanche) By Catherine Cusset For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This was such a gorgeous, joyful and thoughtful biographic novel I love David Hockney s work It fills me with that unnameable wild fluttering in my chest that comes from extreme feeling This slender translation of his life captured it beautifully,...Fascinating story about the life of Hockney though the writing style reminds me of one telling a story to a child This isn t a bad thing, and is probably partly the result of the book being written originally in French There is however a simplicity to the writing and the explanative style.Probably anyone who reads this would be at least a fair weather fan of Hockney and I suspect manypeople are familiar with his work the swimming pools are probably most famous I also was totally blown away by his early 2000s research into the paintings of old masters I read Secret Knowledge a few years ago and learned a lot.So the writing for this book has kind of a flat affect it s a lot of, and this happened, then this, then this happened which normally doesn t make for a great Probably anyone who reads this would be at least a fair weather fan of Hockney and I suspect manypeople are familiar with his work the swimming pools are probably most famous I also was totally blown away by his early 2000s research into the paintings of old masters I read Secret Knowledge a few years ago and learned a lot.So the writing for this book has kind of a flat affect it s a lot of, ...I seem to be at odds with almost everyone here I have long been a fan of Hockney s art, and, oddly, after reading this book I like him less Maybe that s not a criticism of the book, since a biography, even a fictionalized one, is meant to portray the subject character realistically But the Hockney in this book is devoid of humor, self indulgent, controlling, and borders on a sexual...Read this because I am especially interested in the life of David Hockney His retrospective at The Met was perfect But this book based on his life is not a novel for me there s no descriptive language or dialogue We get little sense of who Hockney might be as a person I admire the goal of writing fiction that closely hews to the life of a living historical figure but this reads an an extended Wikipedia entry Rather than be told so much about it, I would like to see some of Hockney s Read this because I am especially interest...If stories are inherently false is the best way to write a biography is as a fiction Catherine Cusset thinks so and does so in THE LIFE OF DAVID HOCKNEY A NOVEL At first I thought it was less than both a biography and a novel, seeming to speed through the milestones in the artist s life with scant detail, like one of those flat biopics that seem noinsightful than a paint by numbers picture But I had to admit I was learning something, not only the trajectory of Hockney s personal and If stories are inherently false is the best way to write a biography is as a fiction Catherine Cusset thinks so and does so in THE LIFE OF DAVID HOCKNEY A NOVEL At first I thought it was less than both a biography and a novel, seeming to speed through the milestones in the artist s life with scant detail, like one of those flat biopics that seem noinsightful than a paint by numbers picture But I had to admit I was learning something, not only the trajectory of Hockney s personal and professional life, that I knew somewhat, but also his inner life, which at first felt shallow and then intimate and revealing It might have something to do with Cusset s prose, which is smooth and simple as it clearly charts a course through an eventful and long life But that narrative gives the book swift direction, like a river carrying me through a changing landscape I was enjoying it and towards the end it started to gel for me, the novelistic structure snapped into place ...I never thought I would enjoy an art biography as much as I enjoyed this book Cusset is a superb writer, managing not just to tell a man s life story, but to bring to life his work, give you a sense of it and enable you to see things from the artist s eyes, feeling his wonder of the beauty of landscapes and people, of life I cannot imagine how hard it must have been to find the right words to describe Hockney s art, but Cusset definitely did She also helped me understand why this man s life I never thought I would enjoy an art biography as much as I enjoyed t...I m fine with a biography presented as a novel, but if that s the case I d likeof a narrative structure This one really falls apart at the end, with seemingly dozens of minor characters dying off at the same time and then a few pages later the au...I m not sure why this book has garnered praise It s easy to read, a linear and superficial account of the artist s life put together from secondary sources using generally simple sentences and often seeming like a book written at the middle school level Because it s told from the subject s point of view, I suppose, there s no sense of judgment about his having been a predator Rather, his going to California in his 20s to teach with the express intent to sleep with underage students, which he I m not sure why this book has garnered praise It s easy to read, a linear and superficial account of the artist s life put together from secondary sources using generally simple sentences and often seeming like a book written at the middle school level Because it s told from the subject s point of view, I suppose, the...What a charming, elegant piece of work One of the many things I enjoy about Francophone literature is the strong appetite for experimentation and genre crossover from historical reimagings like Eric Vuillard s L Ordre du Jour , to semi autobiographical works like Annie Ernaux s remarkable Les Ann es to quasi auto fiction like L Art de Perdre and Un Certain Paul Darigrand This novel is another fine example biography meets fiction Some make their way into English, but many don t What a charming, elegant piece of work One of the many things I enjoy about Francophone literature is the strong appetite for experimentation and genre crossover from historical reimagings like Eric Vuillard s L Ordre du Jour , to semi autobiographical works like Annie E...

09 March 2019

Catherine Cusset