Artist David Hockney discusses his theory that artists were secretly using optical devices such as mirrors and lenses in creating their work as early as the 15th century. Examples from Flemish and Italian art are studied as he examines how famous paintings have had their noted mysteries newly solved; he also makes comparisons to modern film and digital imagery.

Filmed over three years, this documentary is an unprecedented record of a major artist at work. It captures David Hockney's return from California to his native Yorskhire, outside, through the seasons and in all weathers.

“Privileged access to Hockney’s creativity” – GQ Magazine 　　David Hockney的《藝術家肖像（泳池與兩個人像）》去年在拍賣會以高價成交，一再確立他當代殿堂級藝術家的地位。 　　英國國寶級藝術頑童David Hockney 以pop art色彩叱咤著二十世紀，泳池畫像早已成為他簽名式的創作，然而多年來他從沒為自己設限，一直在探索不同媒介，試圖彌補不同藝術形式的限制。攝影藝術只擅於捕捉單一時間點，他則以照片拼湊成畫，完滿其時間觀念。藝術市場充斥著買賣操作，工廠式輸出，他則以iPhone、iPad每天親手作畫，將作品在朋友間免費廣傳。電影這次邀請你，走入英國皇家藝術研究院，遊歷他的視覺實驗室，鑽進他千變萬化的視覺萬花筒，窺看他仍在不斷革新，繼續膨脹他的pop art宇宙。

‘Wider perspectives are needed now,’ states David Hockney, referencing both technical ways of seeing and the parameters of what we choose to view, in this spirited documentary spanning the artist’s career. Director Randall Wright – whose previous subjects include Lucien Freud and Sister Wendy Beckett – is here gifted a spectrum of archive material, which is pieced together with kaleidoscopic verve. Richest is Hockney’s own home-movie footage, taking in games of Scrabble with his family, giving candid insight into the painter’s relationship with his Bradford roots and the father he credits with a foundational credo – to never care what the neighbours think. As a character, Hockney emerges as a man of great friendships, a loyal cast of fellow artists chronicle his personal and artistic journey, each in possession of a crisp wit, bringing humour and light to the life of an artist who continues to broaden horizons. 　　Kate Taylor

剧情简介 　　著名魔术师与揭秘组合潘恩&泰勒联手探究荷兰著名画家维梅尔，试图找出其画作得以捕捉完美光线后的原因。他们还请来发明家蒂姆·詹尼森利用光学仪器复制维梅尔的油画，完美重现名作风采。 　　 　　蒂姆的维米尔 Tim's Vermeer 获奖情况 　　第64届美国剪辑工会奖 (2014) 　　纪录片最佳剪辑(提名) Patrick Sheffield 　　第19届评论家选择电影奖 (2014) 　　最佳纪录片(提名) 　　第18届金卫星奖 (2014) 　　电影部门 最佳纪录片(提名)

《康熙南巡图》，这幅著名的中国卷轴画描绘了康熙皇帝在1689年第二次访问他的南方帝国。这幅画是由王翚(1632-1717)和他的助手们创作的。霍克尼将这幅画卷更流畅的空间描绘与后来由徐阳和他的助手——乾隆皇帝南巡(1764-1770)——绘制的画卷《乾隆南巡图》进行了对比。

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.

This film invites a stellar cast of interviewees from across the arts to reflect on the contribution of lesbian and gay people to British cultural life since the decriminalisation of male homosexuality 50 years ago. 　　Ranging broadly across popular culture, the visual arts, literature, theatre and film, the programme celebrates how the British arts, before 1967 and since, have been a haven to those growing up creative and gay. 　　The film considers how artists' sexuality might have shaped their art, often giving it a unique outsider’s perspective on British life, and a sometimes subversive sense of wit and style. Artists produced sophisticated work that excited audiences with its “otherness”, bringing new types of characters to television and film, gender ambiguity to pop music, and glimpses of bohemia in the visual arts. These have remained driving forces for British art to this day. 　　But the film also asks whether growing acceptance has been to some extent a double-edged sword for artists themselves. Has homosexuality's move towards the mainstream made the exploration of queer themes less urgent and less interesting? Now that there's a wide range of gay lifestyles on show in British culture, the question of how much an artist’s sexuality really matters to their art has become inescapable.