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All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it?

David Hockney

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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
Collagist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
Scenographer
Sculptor
Bradford
Yorkshire
Contemporary
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West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.
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