Hockney reinvents his art practice over and over, incorporating new theories of perception, embracing new media, and reinterpreting old masters. This year-by-year presentation includes illustrations of all his central works, drawings and prints, portrait photos and exhibition views, as well as texts combining a biography with contemporary reviews and Hockney's own reflections on art.

From London in the Swinging Sixties, to Californian swimming pools and his return to landscapes of his native Yorkshire, this volume shows the ways Hockney approaches art making in his diverse and inspiring range of work.