David Hockney

British, b.1937

In February of 1986, Hockney began experimenting with a friend’s copy machine and soon he’d discovered it served, in fact, as a new type of printing equipment. The ‘home-made prints’- a term the artist coined to describe the body of work he produced using the photocopier - disrupted the traditional process of colour printmaking, a painstaking working method that involves the expert layering and precise registration of each colour block to build the composite image.

Installation photo of homemade print by David Hockney of a still life depicting a round blue plate on table with apple, pear, lemon and grapes in artist's designated gilded gold round frame

The Round Plate, April 1986, 1986

Installation photo of homemade print in colours by David Hockney depicting Stanley, Hockney's dachshund, lying on his blue striped pillow

Stanley in a Basket, October 1986, 1986

Installation photo of iPad drawing in colours by David Hockney depicting winter scenery through window with tree branches covered in snow

Untitled No.610, 2010–20