G, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Post-War By naming the abstract composition

By naming the abstract composition after a specific location

Never framed

and has established him as one of Japan's most recognized contemporary artists

its black body outlined in red and shadowed with loops of pale-blue scribble

These pairings create a unique dialogue between visual art and literature

G, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Post-War By naming the abstract compositionDavid Hockney's letter G comes from Hockney's Alphabet, the 1991 portfolio in which the artist reimagined all twenty six letters as full page colour lithographs. A stately G drawn entirely in woven black crosshatch, its bowl and spur rounded like rattan, stands in a lightly ruled room beside a panel of scattered red dots Hockney giving the letter the texture of basketry and the presence of a standing figure. Hockney's Alphabet was conceived by the