Hockney's Phone on an ease. Photo: MailOnline, UK
Artist meets iphone__British artist David Hockney fell in love with his iphone. It wasn’t long before he discovered an app called Brushes, that allowed him to create ipaintings, miniature masterpieces of iphone art. And they are very good. Of course Hockney is no stranger to using the latest technology with his work. In the past he has created art using faxes and Polaroid collages. But what does this all mean? A phone? Art? “Surely you jest,” as the saying goes. Well for one it says that a great artist can use just about anything to create. But it also shows just how versatile the iphone can be. Remember this device is a cell phone not paint and tempera. Hockney’s creations gives new meaning to the Apple advertising slogan, “there’s an app for that.” Hockney paints mostly landscapes and flowers with his phone and beautiful ones at that. He likes to email the flowers to friends so that they have fresh flowers that won’t die. What has Hockney said about his phone? He told the British newspaper the Telegraph that the iphone has a, “"a sense of the absurd about it and is therefore close to life". I haven’t heard any better description of this strange, but wonderful device. Hockney has even taken sides in the iphone BlackBerry war, telling the Telegraph that, "BlackBerries are for secretaries and clerical workers while the iPhone is used by artistic people." And advice for aspiring iphone artists, Hockney says, "stroke the screen very softly.” Indeed. Who would have thought a cell phone would usher in a renaissance of drawing. Hockney’s iphone sits proudly on a little easel on his desk at his studio in London.
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