A gallery in David Hockney's home town of Bradford isasking people who met him at the start of his career to dig out works of art orpieces of memorabilia for a new exhibition.The show at theCartwright Hall gallery will focus on his early life and work.
Hockney wasborn in Bradford in 1937. As a teenager, he would use a pram loaded with paintsand brushes as a mobile art studio on the city streets.
He went on tofind fame at the Royal College of Art in London in the 1960s.
A major show ofHockney's landscapes at the Royal Academy earlier this year, titled A BiggerPicture, attracted more than 600,000 people.
Cartwright Hallis asking Bradford residents to take items including paintings, drawings,photographs and Christmas cards to a drop-in day on Wednesday 26 Septemberbetween 11:00 and 15:00 BST, or to contact curators directly.
The gallerysaid it hoped the exhibition, which will run from December until next April,would be "a truly, uniquely Bradford exhibition".
Hockney studiedat Bradford College of Art in the mid-1950s.
CartwrightHall's collection includes Hockney's Bolton Junction, Eccleshill, which waspainted while he was at art college and which was featured in the Royal Academyshow.
CouncillorSusan Hinchcliffe, Bradford Council's executive member for culture, said:"David Hockney is one of Bradford's most famous sons.
"It'stherefore fitting that this exhibition will have a local perspective withvaluable contributions from the district's residents."
Source:BBC
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