{"id":8970,"date":"2024-11-13T17:12:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/kb-kosmos\/david-hockney\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:04:41","slug":"david-hockney","status":"publish","type":"digitorial","link":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/kb-kosmos\/david-hockney\/","title":"David Hockney","content":"","excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":{"alt":"It shows a room drawn with thin lines. 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The rest of the room is filled with straw from the wooden floorboards to the ceiling.' width='889' height='1000'  loading='lazy' ><figcaption class=''>David Hockney, The Sexton Disguised as a Ghost, 1969\nThis etching is part of the series Illustrations for six fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/div>\n                                       \n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content  font-l sans-serif\">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                 <div class=\"col-12\">\n                     <p>Hockney says he has read all 220 fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and actually wanted to illustrate more than six. But once he had started, he simply couldn&#8217;t stop after one or two drawings per fairy tale. However, the result should not be too extensive and therefore too expensive. In the end there were 39 etchings, which were published in 1970 by the Petersburg Press in London together with the fairy tale texts. Each picture was printed in a limited edition of 100 and the printing plates were then destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The etchings concentrate on emphasizing a mood or a detail from the texts instead of directly showing the course of the plot, as usual illustrations do. Some of them are also intended as a humorous approach.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content \">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                                                                          \n                     <div class=\"content-accordion | col-12 py-3\">\n                        <div id=\"content-accordion-2\">\n                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-2-head0'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-2-col0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-2-col0'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>Why did he choose Rumpelstiltskin?<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-2-col0' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-2-head0' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-2'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p><em>&#8220;Yes, I liked the image of straw turning to gold.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some of the fairy tales made it into David Hockney&#8217;s selection because they had individual exciting sentences that challenged him. It appealed to him visually and technically to depict strange things, such as gold straw, a mountain of glass or a house made of rock candy and sugar.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But most of those who illustrate Grimm illustrate the individual fairy tales as a whole, the events within them and, as I said, I didn&#8217;t really want to do that. I intended to pick out a single detail from the story and illustrate it. The glass mountain itself seems more interesting to me than the princess who falls into it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-2-head1'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-2-col1' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-2-col1'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>How did he find the visual language for his illustrations?<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-2-col1' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-2-head1' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-2'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p>David Hockney has given each fairy tale its own visual language.<a href=\"https:\/\/gerrishfineart.com\/exhibition\/david-hockney-illustrations-for-six-fairytales-from-the-brothers-grimm-1969\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(More works can be viewed here.<\/a>) He drew inspiration for this from various places. As the fairy tale texts by the Brothers Grimm are based on old European folk tales, some of the inspiration comes from the Renaissance (clothing, for example, was inspired by Vittore Carpaccio (1465-1525) and Hieronymus Bosch&#8217;s (ca. 1450-1516) Madonna and Child was a direct model for <a href=\"https:\/\/gerrishfineart.com\/product\/the-enchantress-with-the-baby-rapunzel-rapunzel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Enchantress with the Baby Rapunzel<\/em><\/a>). Hockney also traveled to Germany and photographed and sketched medieval architecture and castles on the Rhine. This painting shows that he also used references to figures, composition and perspective across epochs, right up to the 20th century, for example to Ren\u00e9 Magritte.<\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-2-head2'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-2-col2' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-2-col2'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>What does the composition of this picture tell us?<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-2-col2' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-2-head2' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-2'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p>This is the second illustration for the fairy tale. Hockney has said about their design:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;that idea is based, I suppose, on Magritte&#8217;s painting with a room filled with a rose. But he was playing with scale, there, while I was not, because you could have a room full of straw, whereas you couldn&#8217;t have a whole rose fill a room&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The painting he alludes to here is Ren\u00e9 Magritte&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renemagritte.org\/the-tomb-of-the-wrestlers.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Le Tombeau des Lutteurs (The Tomb of the Wrestlers)<\/em>, 1960.<\/a> Here it is the rose, with Hockney the heap of straw, which are so large that they demand our full attention. There is something mysterious about them. All other details are obscured or quickly overlooked. A normally unspectacular object becomes a monument. Or is it only our fixation on it that makes the object so space-filling? In the fairy tale, gold is so important to the king that he doesn&#8217;t care what sacrifices the miller&#8217;s daughter has to make for it. Although it should be impossible to spin straw into gold, he always wants more once he has succeeded, no matter how. He also overlooks the fact that this gold jeopardizes the future of his rule.<\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-2-head3'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-2-col3' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-2-col3'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>What is Rumpelstiltskin about?<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-2-col3' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-2-head3' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-2'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p>This fairy tale can be interpreted with reference to a variety of moral, psychological, social and symbolic themes that have been relevant for centuries and are still relevant today. At its core is the criticism of actions that focus solely on one&#8217;s own advantage: Greed, irresponsible use of power and frivolous promises. The fairy tale sensitizes people to the fact that everyone has a moral responsibility for their actions. It conveys that smart actions and honest care for others are rewarded.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>The story in brief:<br \/>\n<\/em>A miller claims to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold. The king then orders her to spin a whole chamber full of straw into gold within one night, otherwise she will die. During the night, the miller&#8217;s daughter cries in despair because she doesn&#8217;t know how to complete the task. A little man comes through the locked door and offers his help. In exchange for her necklace, he spins all the straw into gold. Now the greedy king orders her to spin ever larger quantities of straw into gold twice in one night. On the third day, he promises to marry her in return. That night, the male demands the miller&#8217;s daughter&#8217;s first-born child as payment. As she knows no way out, she agrees.<\/p>\n<p>A year after the wedding, the king&#8217;s child is born and the male demands his reward. The queen desperately offers him all the riches she now has. The male refuses, but gives her three days to find out his name. If she succeeds, she is allowed to keep her child.<\/p>\n<p>The queen sent messengers throughout the country to collect names, but none of them were right. On the third day, a messenger reports of a dancing little man who calls himself Rumpelstiltskin when he sings. When the queen calls the male this name, he tears himself apart with rage because he has been defeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The entire text based on the Brothers Grimm is digitally accessible via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projekt-gutenberg.org\/grimm\/maerchen\/chap142.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Projekt Gutenberg.de.<\/a><\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                   <\/div>\n                     <\/div>\n                  \n                  <!-- Sonsiges Block (HTML Option) -->\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content  font-l font-sm-xl g-2 g-md-4 g-lg-5 sans-serif\">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                 <div class=\"col-12\">\n                     <p>Do you know the fairy tale behind this illustration by Hockney? Find out more about this too:<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content  font-l sans-serif\">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                 <div class=\"col-12\">\n                     <p><a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/kb-kosmos\/david-hockney-2\/\">The Sexton Disguised as a Ghost<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8929\" src=\"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hockney_sexton-as-a-ghost_Webseite_KB-Kosmos-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"It is a black hatched rectangle in the middle of which two figures are standing facing each other: The one on the left is covered from head to ankle by a white cloth, the man on the right is standing with his hands in his trouser pockets.\" width=\"581\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content \">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                                                                          \n                     <div class=\"content-accordion | col-12 py-3\">\n                        <div id=\"content-accordion-5\">\n                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-5-head0'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-5-col0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-5-col0'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>Data about the artwork<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-5-col0' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-5-head0' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-5'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p><strong>Artist:<br \/>\n<\/strong>David Hockney (09.07.1937 born in Bradford, United Kingdom)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, A Room full of Straw<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year:<br \/>\n<\/strong>1969<\/p>\n<p><strong>Material:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Etching, aquatint on copper (book with 39 etchings, 6 etchings loose)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<br \/>\n<\/strong>45.5 x 31 cm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entry into the collection:<br \/>\n<\/strong>1979, purchase<\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                   <\/div>\n                     <\/div>\n                  \n                  <!-- Sonsiges Block (HTML Option) -->\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n","gallerie":null,"subtitle":"A Room full of Straw (Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm)"},"id_default":8384,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorial\/8970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorial"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/digitorial"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorial\/8970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"digitorialkategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorialkategorien?post=8970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}