“The art of Howard Hodgkin is a sensual well of sorrows. His powerful colours are ecstatic and almost criminally beautiful, his passion for places and people a great act of witnessing and elegy. One of Britain's greatest artist, not just of today, but of all time.” Jonathan Jones, The Guardian
Howard Hodgkin: Blue Evening presents a selection of hand-painted etchings by Howard Hodgkin (1932 – 2017) which form part of his last body of printed work, completed several months before his death in March 2017.
The selected six prints, from a collection entitled After All, refer to the artist’s memories and personal experiences. Declaring his art to be “representational pictures of emotional situations,” Hodgkin deliberately avoided the illustrative, and remained resistant to interpretation. However, his gestural marks, vibrant colours and evocative titles, invite interpretation from our own personal encounters. These prints, which were the result of an extensive process of layering and over-painting, were made by an artist at the height of his powers.