Hockney Posters

School Library Journal

YA David Hockney has experimented in a variety of styles and subjects. This well-designed collection of posters ad vertising his one-man shows offers stu dents of painting or design a wonderful resource for historical study or new ideas in palette, composition, or tech nique for their own work. Shanes' es say provides a brief history of Hock ney's posters and styles and where the posters were obtained for this collec tion, which puts the artist in the context of his times. This is both a beautiful book for browsing, as well as a useful tool for students interested in expand ing their horizons. Jane Sermas, Epis copal High School, Bellaire