After darkness light : The birth of the Liverpool autumn exhibitions 1871-1876 wave The artworks chosen reflect Hockney’s

The artworks chosen reflect Hockney’s key themes and preoccupations over the decades

A pair of round

recorded two hit albums and played with The Kinks

With a familiar gradient of color swatches

After darkness light : The birth of the Liverpool autumn exhibitions 1871-1876 wave The artworks chosen reflect Hockney’sAfter Darkness Light: The Birth of the Liverpool Autumn Exhibitions 1871 1876 by Alex Kidson. After a period of "darkness" when Liverpool the second city of the British Empire lacked the kind of annual public art exhibition enjoyed by many of Britain's other provincial centres, light dawned in 1871 when a group of town councilors gambled with public funds to create the first Liverpool Autumn Exhibition. Hailed a success, the exhibition would go on to