A Piece of Hockney comes to Ely

Following the Babylon Gallery’s successful recent Chagall exhibition their next national selling exhibition will be David Hockney Prints which will run from Friday 23 June through to Sunday 23 July. Located on Ely’s riverside the gallery is hosting the show featuring over 40 original prints and lithographs including illustrations from The Brothers Grimm and The Cavafy Poems. Entry to the exhibition is FREE.
Caroline Cawley, Director of Babylon ARTS said ‘We are so pleased to be able to bring this prestigious exhibition to Ely and best of all the work will be for sale. Hockney is one of the most popular and influential artists of the twentieth century. This curated show features etchings for Grimm’s Fairy Tales from the late sixties, he loved both the elements of magic in the tales and the stories, these fairy tale illustrations show an extraordinary range of imagery.
This show will also include etchings for fourteen poems from C P Cavafy, again created in the 60’s. They were immediately acclaimed by contemporary commentators, Edward Lucie – Smith described them as not only the best work I have seen by the artist but probably the finest prints produced in England since the war.
Prices for the works will range from £500 up to several thousand. It’s a fantastic opportunity own an original Hockney work many of which are limited editions and we’re hoping to welcome hundreds of visitors to this exhibition. For more information see our website www.babylonarts.org.uk’