the signature of david hockney, one of the biggest names in contemp rary art. >> people don't look very the world. i do. i do something with it. and i think that is what people might like. >> reporter: hockney brought 300 pieces of work here. 18,000 square feet. his first love will be oil and canvas like this remarkable work. but he's using an iphone of all things. these created using a paint brush app on his iphone and ipad. we caught up with the 76-year-old he said his thumb on the glass screen was all he needed to create these images. >> reporter: does it give you freedom? >> yes. you do get a very good freedom with it. i mean there are limitations to it like everything. but i mean, i think it's exciting. >> reporter: elsewhere, hockney uses nine video cameras to capture four seasons on this english road. the result is unexpectd and pretty cool. >> he's captured that in paint, ipad, in the movies. it's, there is really something beautiful and wonderful for everyone, i think. >> reporter: the exhibit begins saturday, running through january, 2014. in san francisco, abc7 news >> while

the signature of david hockney, one of the biggest names in contemp rary art. >> people don't look veryrd in the world. i do. i do something with it. and i think that is what people might like. >> reporter: hockney brought 300 pieces of work here. 18,000 square feet. his first love will be oil and canvas like this remarkable work. but he's using an iphone of all things. these created using a paint brush app on his iphone and ipad. we caught up with the 76-year-old he said his thumb on the glass screen was all he needed to create these images. >> reporter: does it give you freedom? >> yes. you do get a very good freedom with it. i mean there are limitations to it like everything. but i mean, i think it's exciting. >> reporter: elsewhere, hockney uses nine video cameras to capture four seasons on this english road. the result is unexpectd and pretty cool. >> he's captured that in paint, ipad, in the movies. it's, there is really something beautiful and wonderful for everyone, i think. >> reporter: the exhibit begins saturday, running through january, 2014. in san francisco, abc7 news >> w

booths there >>> he's considered one of the most-important artists in the last century >> now, david hockney is bringing works to san francisco this weekend. >> we have a preview of the exhibit >> reporter: david hockney has a way of showing us abstract beauty of nature and showing ourselves candid. at ease >> decent doesn't look hard at the world. well, i do. and i do something with it. and i thiat s what people might like >> 300 pieces of the work across 18,000 square feet. largest the deyoung museum has staged >> it is great he shows us what he sees in detail. >> reporter: hockney captured the four seasons on this road. most unique are these works created on an iphone and ipad with a simple painting app. the 76-year-old showed us around and talked to us about rethinking the way he paints with technology >> does it give you freedom of can sxras oil paint? >> yes. you do get a good freedom with it. i mean there is limitations to it like everything. but there is, i think it's exciting. >> reporter: it's something to be seen, opening this saturday and runs through january 20thth of 2014. in s

david hockney has been interested in technology his entire career and has been making all sorts of printshat this ipad technology and the ability to draw on the ipad is taking him into that next phase. as he says, it is a new medium, and we don't know where will lead, but the one thing that he is doing would be drawings that he does on the ipad to my very similar to what he has done throughout his career. he is printing them, as you said, the bigger drawings are printed 12 feet high. he is using a very high-quality ink jet printer that takes 20 minutes for each sheet to printout. he is really pushing the limits of the technology in every direction. the ipad does not draw itself. you have to be a great artist to produce the sorts of things that he has done on the ipad. and, of course and he is pushing the limits of the printer. melissa: i understand the uses his index finger to paint instead of a brush. it is obviously different from blending wiles of watercolors. you know, how -- can you explain how you get the different pigmentation an intimation of color if you're using your finger rath

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