What Makes An Artist? David Hockney

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2019
  • While at the RCA, David Hockney studied alongside R. B. Kitaj, Allen Jones, Patrick Caulfield, Ridley Scott amongst many others. Here he discusses the impact of his time as a student at the Royal College of Art.

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  • @ronaldolamont
    @ronaldolamont 3 роки тому +226

    I was kind of hoping he'd answer the question of what he thinks makes an artist!!

    • @ai-man212
      @ai-man212 3 роки тому +9

      Being different from ordinary people tends to make you an artist.

    • @bitl5950
      @bitl5950 3 роки тому +6

      @@ai-man212 I thought everyone is different

    • @lentils9594
      @lentils9594 3 роки тому +13

      @@ai-man212 I thought making art makes you an artist?

    • @darkyellow9867
      @darkyellow9867 3 роки тому +3

      i think: being able to expres what ur feeling, what u intrest or just to colors u like on a artwork. Being able to learn everytime u make something and learn of ur own mistakes. Following ur hearth.

    • @ronaldolamont
      @ronaldolamont 3 роки тому +5

      @@lentils9594 Personally I don't think that every person who makes art is an artist, but we all have our own opinions on the subject, but I wanted to know what he thinks!

  • @kurtpedersen7863
    @kurtpedersen7863 4 роки тому +34

    The soul finds a gentler place to sing.

  • @haychhaych9814
    @haychhaych9814 5 років тому +64

    Such a humble sincere guy ☺️

    • @Jakob.Hamburg
      @Jakob.Hamburg 3 роки тому +2

      Humble? He said he was as good or even better as ANY artist in London back then (without knowing every artist, I bet) + "I worked hard". + "I'm eternally grateful" .. "yes, eternally", like he knew eternity which isn't impossible, but in my ears this sounds a bit arrogant.

    • @AL_THOMAS_777
      @AL_THOMAS_777 2 роки тому

      @@docdelete 👍👍👍

  • @henrycastle1
    @henrycastle1 Місяць тому

    Absolutely bloody fantastic
    Thank you David
    RCA ❤

  • @JoJo-xb7do
    @JoJo-xb7do 3 роки тому +20

    I think the RCA should rename this video as a chat with an artist. Great to hear a little about David Hockneys background though

    • @Peem_pom
      @Peem_pom 2 роки тому

      A chat with out ex student or alumnus more like it

  • @Edinburgh_Weavers
    @Edinburgh_Weavers 8 місяців тому +1

    You can feel the sense that life is for playing, from the way he speaks, to the way he dresses. Wonderful.

  • @ogarcia515
    @ogarcia515 3 роки тому +6

    Mr. Hockney is one of my favorite artists. Nothing but beauty.

  • @hiitsmehereagain
    @hiitsmehereagain 4 роки тому +88

    I’ve known him for thirty years I’ve stayed at his houses in LA HE is lovely

    • @MrWibette
      @MrWibette 3 роки тому

      NV^^

    • @parthoroy5044
      @parthoroy5044 3 роки тому +1

      Wow

    • @HENRYSBASEBALL
      @HENRYSBASEBALL 3 роки тому

      OUR BASEBALL TEAM NEEDS ONE PAINTING TO GET A INDOOR BATTING FACILITY!!!! CAN U LET HIM KNOW!!

    • @hiitsmehereagain
      @hiitsmehereagain 3 роки тому +1

      @@HENRYSBASEBALL unfortunately so does everyone else

    • @HENRYSBASEBALL
      @HENRYSBASEBALL 3 роки тому +2

      @@hiitsmehereagain AND U LET HIM KNOW. FAMOUS PEOPLE HAVE A BUFFER THAT CAN NOT BE PENETRATED. I DROVE THE RICH AND FAMOUS FOR 35 YEARS IN A LIMO SO I KNOW HOW IT IS!!!!!!

  • @joestockton7016
    @joestockton7016 3 роки тому +61

    For everyone frustrated by the fact his answer wasn't directly stated; it was mostly implied by the activities he's engaged in for the duration of the video...sitting down quietly by yourself and drawing for hours and hours.

  • @mikeyoung9810
    @mikeyoung9810 4 роки тому +68

    Loved these interviews with Mr Hockney that are all over youtube. Art for me has been one of frustration as I could draw decently right away as a child but the pressure from family started right away to do it so I grew up hating the process and letting my focus on just doing what people expect because of a need to hear praise. More radical things that I would sort of naturally drift into would be immediately halted for fear of critics. So here i am at 64 and starting to realize what art is. So that's why I love hearing the perspective of accomplished artists so much. Thanks for the video.

    • @janemorrow6672
      @janemorrow6672 3 роки тому +16

      I read somewhere that there are two types of genius those that have a massive burst of activity as young people and who can never repeat their early success and those that potter along for a lifetime and finally produce miraculous work in their old age. It’s not too late!

    • @IlGattonero13
      @IlGattonero13 3 роки тому +4

      It's never too late to start drawing (or anything else you'd like to do) simply to please yourself and no one else. All the best to you.

    • @josephgiri2398
      @josephgiri2398 3 роки тому +3

      If you want to make art and get out of your own way... then read The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, and The Waro of Art by Steven Pressfield.. Those will help you stop thinking so much and start working.. To hell with what your family thinks.

    • @AL_THOMAS_777
      @AL_THOMAS_777 2 роки тому +4

      @@janemorrow6672 I really l o v e you Jane for this statement. Me I started a bit late in my life - but with astonishing, yet wonderful results !!

    • @janemorrow6672
      @janemorrow6672 2 роки тому +2

      @@AL_THOMAS_777 That is marvellous!

  • @gayedavies2797
    @gayedavies2797 3 роки тому +13

    I ve watched all the 80 celebration shorts on Vimeo, of him painting outside in Yorkshire. I painted a lot today. First time I’ve ever painted so much in one day with free abandon in lockdown. My school said I couldn’t do art as it was not a serious subject. So,I failed the academic subjects anyway. I have dyscalculia and can only see in pictures. I thought everyone was like that. I m 59 and scared to paint as I feel like I ll be poor and end up with nowhere to live. It’s the hardest thing I ve done to change to the arts, as I was forced into work early in life. Now I see I may have a short time to practice. I really love painting but to paint on canvases is expensive and needs space. Hockney is lucky he has space and people helping him. Not so easy for women to get into art. I keep trying and crying. Life is weird, we get no guidance and end up realising we need accept our gifts and to live it !

    • @neroinc5998
      @neroinc5998 2 роки тому +2

      I recommend drawing if supplies and space are an issue. You can get a lot across just with a pencil and paper if you stay with it. Also watercolors or pastels. With everything digitized today you don’t need your pictures to be large, a powerful drawing will come across with power🌻

  • @shaunloynds5317
    @shaunloynds5317 3 роки тому +4

    Love David. His attitude and his work.

  • @janeechandler2090
    @janeechandler2090 3 роки тому +11

    Just do your own thing with good intentions and feelings about your subject at the time.

    • @sebastienizambard6908
      @sebastienizambard6908 3 роки тому

      Thanks for your compliment you are such a wonderful woman,I will be very happy to have you as my fan,
      Send me an invite on google hangout,sebastienizambard166@gmail.com.I’ll keep in touch over there..

  • @jonathaneffemey4892
    @jonathaneffemey4892 2 роки тому

    Thanks for posting.

  • @godapelaityte6897
    @godapelaityte6897 4 роки тому +5

    Love his artworks so much!

  • @artfulaspie9775
    @artfulaspie9775 4 роки тому +5

    Wonderful man

  • @dajoro
    @dajoro 5 років тому +16

    such an amazing work ethic this man has!

  • @lefthandstory1280
    @lefthandstory1280 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome my friend,so beautiful😃👍👍👍😊....

  • @angelreading5098
    @angelreading5098 3 роки тому +1

    Hard working and beautiful work.

  • @alicedi1023
    @alicedi1023 3 роки тому +2

    What a sweatheart!

  • @Eva-iy6vy
    @Eva-iy6vy 2 роки тому

    I am fascinated Wonderful paintings. I wish him all the best.

  • @andrzejmaranda3699
    @andrzejmaranda3699 3 місяці тому

    VERY INTERESTING, INSPIRING & INFORMATIVE video!

  • @phyllisjeanfulton
    @phyllisjeanfulton 3 роки тому +5

    I believe we are innately artistic in our own uniqueness in whatever it is we choose as our path. 😊🌺

  • @nicolaprincipato
    @nicolaprincipato 3 роки тому +1

    How sweet!

  • @apricotblossom2991
    @apricotblossom2991 4 роки тому +18

    I love him he is so inspiring Thank you

  • @artmiller6008
    @artmiller6008 4 роки тому +3

    Wonderful. You are such a thought to me just now and I'm painting a picture for you. Which you might not see but I am. Thanks Mr David Hockney 🌞

  • @noelbatt9559
    @noelbatt9559 3 роки тому +2

    So inspiring! Lovely guy too

  • @hiridavidfeign
    @hiridavidfeign 3 роки тому +1

    Genius. Hero. Inspiration.

  • @AL_THOMAS_777
    @AL_THOMAS_777 2 роки тому +1

    Very nice vid ! Dave is - among Ed Hopper - one of the noble few painters, who inspired me to paint myself. I am e t e r n a l l y thankful for that !

  • @MrPipvampire
    @MrPipvampire 3 роки тому

    Oh!!!!! I get it, it's the name dropping part. Bravo........

  • @durango-CODEBUILDER
    @durango-CODEBUILDER 4 роки тому +29

    I swear in every video that Ive seen Hockney in, at least somewhere he says the word "because".
    He is the 'because' man.
    David "Because" Hockney

    • @kernowarty
      @kernowarty 4 роки тому +10

      What human being would not say the word "because" if you are hearing them speak for more than a few minutes? It is a common word.

    • @durango-CODEBUILDER
      @durango-CODEBUILDER 4 роки тому +1

      @@kernowarty Yeah I know.

  • @axelherms2833
    @axelherms2833 4 роки тому +4

    I love this Bruegel painting too whitch he copy during the interview!

  • @barryhossin2000
    @barryhossin2000 4 роки тому

    Very interesting.!

  • @phliip7362
    @phliip7362 3 роки тому

    something very calming and satisfying about this video :-)

  • @chrisgkhawkinsart4974
    @chrisgkhawkinsart4974 3 роки тому +1

    Greatest living artist

  • @carloshenriquemaiarosario7448
    @carloshenriquemaiarosario7448 3 роки тому +1

    Mr Hockney ! Marvelous ! I try alway , to make , one beautiful drowning like him !

  • @elif_elfinity
    @elif_elfinity 3 роки тому +1

    David Hockney is such a sweet soul 🍎

  • @CharityS-Minnesota
    @CharityS-Minnesota 3 роки тому +2

    Out of most artists I wish I could’ve gotten to known or meet in person would be David Hockney and Henri Matisse. David Hockney seems like such a lovely man.

  • @theolivianicolestories
    @theolivianicolestories 3 роки тому +1

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @normanstratford9329
    @normanstratford9329 4 роки тому +3

    Walked around the College of art in the late 70s. It did seem progressive while the RA appeared more classical, especially in the life drawing room where there was the rounded seating. Art college gives you the time to create, though the criticism was negative.

  • @henrycastle1
    @henrycastle1 Місяць тому

    Feel the same about Central School and St Martins and the London Institute 1989-91

  • @normanhowell3994
    @normanhowell3994 3 роки тому +2

    What makes an artist?
    Practice,

  • @radjahgowa4183
    @radjahgowa4183 3 роки тому +1

    Master 🔥

  • @gomjicamp
    @gomjicamp 3 роки тому +1

    카디건 색상부터 호크니스런에 심쿵...💚

  • @pixelwrinkly1528
    @pixelwrinkly1528 3 роки тому +10

    One of Bradford's finest.
    Imagine turning up first day at art school and thinking you're going to outdraw this guy :-)
    BTW, those spectacles are the secret to eternal youth; if he takes those off, it's all over.
    Please don't take them off.

  • @creativeartbyluvensky
    @creativeartbyluvensky 3 роки тому

    Awesome

  • @rogeralsop3479
    @rogeralsop3479 4 роки тому

    I loved Art School.

  • @danieljohnadriel
    @danieljohnadriel 3 роки тому

    Yay!

  • @irishelk3
    @irishelk3 3 роки тому +2

    Nice old fella. Good painter.

  • @Mark-fv8vt
    @Mark-fv8vt 3 роки тому

    2:00 - that forest scene is reminiscent of Bruegel, but it's also similar to the forest scene in Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR picture.

  • @Verbsdescribeus
    @Verbsdescribeus 5 місяців тому

    artists make the workd go round :)

  • @stechriswillgil3686
    @stechriswillgil3686 3 роки тому +2

    His relaxed demeanour surely comes from a demonstrable and outstanding talent ? He’s good and he knows it ! Nobody can tell him otherwise, even if they don’t like his work. Most art graduates I’ve met are very unsure of themselves because they don’t have genuine talent.

  • @AceHardy
    @AceHardy 5 років тому +1

    👑

  • @mykevenable8180
    @mykevenable8180 4 роки тому

    💙💙💙

  • @normanstratford9329
    @normanstratford9329 Рік тому

    The RCA was inspirational during the 70 s and the RA seemed to be more interested in the skill of drawing as has been done over many years. The RCA was also very progressive in creating paintings. Art could be almost anything, but as an artist it is necessary to use the place of work, students and tutors.

  • @maisonrose9773
    @maisonrose9773 7 місяців тому

    David hockney I’m learning about you at school

  • @ajayaymusic
    @ajayaymusic 3 роки тому

    Interesting. That’s the piano accompaniment to The Swan by Saint-Saens, minus the cello playing the melody.

  • @suzannedesylva3805
    @suzannedesylva3805 5 місяців тому

    More, more...

  • @hildegerdhaugen7864
    @hildegerdhaugen7864 Рік тому

    Mr. Hockney is sharp and witty.

  • @StephenS-2024
    @StephenS-2024 4 роки тому +4

    I'd love to hang out with David for a few weeks. We'd get along swimmingly. Hehe.

  • @ws4827
    @ws4827 3 роки тому

    Whats the piece(s) at 2:21????

  • @shelleywhitehead8029
    @shelleywhitehead8029 2 роки тому

    Art school. A foundation.

  • @parvineblagh2042
    @parvineblagh2042 4 роки тому

    PASSION FOR PAINTING...................................DJ.

  • @OL-qk7ey
    @OL-qk7ey 4 роки тому +1

    does anybody knows the song in the background?

    • @pockiey
      @pockiey 4 роки тому

      I believe it's liebestraum by Liszt

  • @sphinxtheeminx
    @sphinxtheeminx 3 роки тому +51

    What makes an artist? Financial independence, space to spread out and work in, self belief, time to practise skills, access to materials, and a good work ethic. 'Talent' is rather overrated.

    • @Jess90150
      @Jess90150 3 роки тому

      💙

    • @tonisumblin2719
      @tonisumblin2719 Рік тому +4

      The most famous artist in art history were not wealthy. Too many didn’t reach fame until they died. And talent is not overrated.

    • @sofiasierrarubia4126
      @sofiasierrarubia4126 Рік тому

      @@tonisumblin2719 agreed

    • @tonisumblin2719
      @tonisumblin2719 Рік тому

      @@Strannnge Thanks. I will. I haven’t read that one by Virginia Wolfe.

  • @eudongraydesai9669
    @eudongraydesai9669 Рік тому

    Anyone able to identify his brilliant glasses?

  • @deepashtray5605
    @deepashtray5605 3 роки тому +1

    Apparently a rhetorical question.

  • @sexobscura
    @sexobscura 3 роки тому

    what's the difference between art
    and craft

  • @julienmiron6138
    @julienmiron6138 4 роки тому

    What is the soundtrack ?

    • @annalobach2137
      @annalobach2137 4 роки тому +2

      It's Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan. by Camille Saint-Saens

  • @ricardodsavant2965
    @ricardodsavant2965 3 місяці тому

    my life is art

  • @juan12sk8
    @juan12sk8 4 роки тому

    lo subieron el dia de tu cumple

  • @bobobahia
    @bobobahia 3 роки тому +1

    Sorry, what was the name of the art school he went to? I didn't quite catch it.

  • @jolinlu8177
    @jolinlu8177 4 роки тому +10

    such a cute man T.T

  • @ImmortalIdeas
    @ImmortalIdeas 3 роки тому

    Perspective

  • @neroinc5998
    @neroinc5998 2 роки тому +2

    According to this COMMERCIAL the royal academy of art is what makes an artist. I’m not sure he was aware of the manipulative title they’d choose when he gave this interview.

  • @tyanojason4889
    @tyanojason4889 4 роки тому

    I got to know this guy because of Tower of God.

  • @MrPipvampire
    @MrPipvampire 3 роки тому

    Here's the answer. While at the RCA, David Hockney studied alongside R. B. Kitaj, Allen Jones, Patrick Caulfield, and Ridley Scott amongst many others.

  • @fujichia
    @fujichia 3 роки тому

    voting this one down for the deceptive title. should say "david hockey, 3 minutes, just kind of hanging out, nice"

  • @riyabaruah6571
    @riyabaruah6571 3 роки тому +2

    Sounds like slughorn

  • @janie7242
    @janie7242 4 роки тому +1

    So happy to know a great artist from the UK with an open mind and very creative talent in painting! Love his colorful and modern approach! Not like most of the conservative people in Britain at all! Surprise! 😯😏 It is a good thing! LA, CA might help him to open up a lot! Just like Van Gogh in the south of France!

    • @war-painter
      @war-painter Місяць тому

      The video was shot from his LA house, where he lived since 1968. Hockney has since moved back to the North of England, and then to the South of France more recently. I think he lived in Los Angeles, on and off, for at least thirty years or more? I met him when he taught his one and only set of classes at UCI in 1967. He said if you’re really serious, go to the Royal College of Art in London.
      It was not that easy, but I did it!

  • @allenhanford
    @allenhanford Рік тому

    Lots more about David Hockney here: ua-cam.com/video/y3tEkZPqMTA/v-deo.html

  • @MrPipvampire
    @MrPipvampire 3 роки тому

    What makes a great artist? Mingle with the right crowd, or am I wrong?

    • @AL_THOMAS_777
      @AL_THOMAS_777 2 роки тому +1

      Yes - wrong. Sorry for that. It is the shere l o v e you feel towords art and the beginning "paintinglust". You don´ t only want to s e e art - you want to create it yourself. A wonderful colourful fresh painting the world has not seen before
      . . .

  • @theshepherdsboy1862
    @theshepherdsboy1862 4 роки тому +3

    So.. what makes a great artist?

    • @AL_THOMAS_777
      @AL_THOMAS_777 2 роки тому +1

      . . . it´s not about greatness, it is about LOVE - shere satisfaction thru the shere painting process, no matter what the (stupid, crazy, mad, bad & sad) world ever is thinking of you and spitting on the so called "greatness" !

  • @lornanormand6963
    @lornanormand6963 3 роки тому

    David Hockney...still so alive and so fascinating. Fancy framing such iconic content with moronic, background, white noise, drivel that one should block out unconsciously ...ironic when the content is so much about alive presence and awareness.

  • @MrPipvampire
    @MrPipvampire 3 роки тому

    Mingle with famous artists and mimic their work and you will become famous too.

    • @AL_THOMAS_777
      @AL_THOMAS_777 2 роки тому +1

      . . . ha ha ha, if it would be t h a t easy . . .

  • @pb4595
    @pb4595 3 роки тому

    In conclusion : the RCA makes an artist.

  • @ai-man212
    @ai-man212 3 роки тому

    Back when College was still a thing. Not much longer, unless they get it paid for by the Government (which would be the wise path all around). Otherwise, Google will just make it all free by certifying people for watching UA-cam videos. You'll meet your Ridley Scott's by interacting with each-other's UA-cam channels. Thumbs upping. "Hey, Ridley". Glad you like my skeletons! You in town?

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    @Artba_Kreasi Рік тому

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  • @LucasRichardStephens
    @LucasRichardStephens 4 роки тому +1

    What about the etching DIPLOMA; I am not sure he graduated or at least was threatened with a fail, his response was "I will make my own Diploma". This is something like the story my Dad told, who was at RCA too and had an AP of that print, which was a conversational centre piece in my childhood home. That and the story of his dying Mr Hockney's hair yellow for the first time, which I gather many other fellow students also claim to have been responsible for.

    • @war-painter
      @war-painter Місяць тому +1

      “Blondes have more fun” was what David always said. He always looked like he was having a lot of fun. The key to making great paintings is the joy other people feel when they look at them. That presupposes that the artist was also experiencing joy while painting them!

  • @margaretsalasidis3708
    @margaretsalasidis3708 3 роки тому

    I suppose the answer is go to the Royal College of Art

    • @AL_THOMAS_777
      @AL_THOMAS_777 2 роки тому +1

      wtf . . . even famous G. Richter left art college in germany b e f o r e any master degree - he had enough of it ! Really true, I read a book about him. . .
      Practice is e v e r y t h i n g . . . and a burning heart full of LOVE and desire to make the world ever beautifuller richer before you have to go . . .

  • @malakiblunt
    @malakiblunt 2 роки тому

    Ironically his art owes more to Degas & Sicert than Picasso (and of course Matisse )

  • @amos288
    @amos288 3 роки тому +1

    e d I b l e s turned me into an artist. before , I was just a grumpy old stooge .

  • @danielleettango
    @danielleettango 3 роки тому +1

    You have crown a skeleton, I like to draw devils. Tat is a good beginning, I think

  • @Neil-Aspinall
    @Neil-Aspinall 5 років тому +10

    You can tell he's a real artist as he wears round silly colored glasses.

    • @war-painter
      @war-painter Місяць тому

      Hockney will be the first one to say you gotta work your ass off and draw and paint 10-12 hours every. Single. Day. He is in his eighties and he just doesn’t stop!

  • @randalllake2785
    @randalllake2785 Рік тому

    So . . . What makes an artist.?

  • @robinwooff4577
    @robinwooff4577 3 роки тому

    Just goes to show, if you have a good story, opportunities, and the right contacts, you don’t need a lot of talent to make it big.

  • @dhyanawinant1051
    @dhyanawinant1051 3 роки тому

    Music is way too loud !!!’

  • @trannyglitter12
    @trannyglitter12 3 роки тому

    great, except they didn't want me! haha

  • @HENRYSBASEBALL
    @HENRYSBASEBALL 3 роки тому

    NEED 1 PAINTING IF U KNOW HIM???????????????

  • @tonythrowaway3327
    @tonythrowaway3327 3 роки тому

    What makes an artist? I don't know and seems Hockney doesn't know either.