Summary
Revealingly, [Howard Hodgkin] produced 160 paintings between 1957 and 1980, but nearly twice that amount (300) between 1980 and 2005. Not only has he speeded up, but he also seems to have thinned down. Yet there are still good later works like the potent 'Lovers' (1984-92), the tiny Valentine-like 'Antony's Blue Palm' (2002), and the cool grey-green delights of 'Evening' (1994-5), owned by the novelist Julian Barnes.
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Dazzled by Colour
The gallery walls of the Level Two temporary exhibition space at Tate Britain are currently aflame with colour. The gallery is playing host to the first exhibition ever to span the entire career of Sir Howard Hodgkin (born in 1932), though there have been plenty of other shows of his work over the years.
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