He may be in his 80s and in need of a wheelchair to get approximately,but Howard Hodgkin still paints with staggering power. Jonathan Jones meets a 'living master'
[br]• A brush with Howard: a scarce glimpse inside Hodgkin's studio – in picturesHoward Hodgkin sits in a wheelchair in his studio. Light falls through the glass roof on to huge boards propped against white-washed brick walls. One by one, his studio assistant starts moving them to reveal a glistening array of new paintings. It seems banal to call them beautiful – but that's what they are."When I was young, and " says Hodgkin reassuringly,"I used to mind people describing my pictures as beautiful. I don't any more." Why did he mind? "I used to believe that it meant the subject was neither here nor there."Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com