Perspective Should Be Reversed

This episode will explore David Hockney's Perspective Should Be Reversed exhibit at the Palm Springs Art Museum, examining how Hockney challenges traditional notions of perspective and perception in art. We’ll discuss his vibrant use of color, his innovative approach to spatial representation, and his influence on contemporary artists. this comprehensive showcase spans six decades of Hockney's prolific career, featuring nearly 200 works, including prints, collages, photographs, and digital drawings created on iPhone and iPad. 

We'll talk about Hockney's innovative experiments with non-traditional perspectives and his early efforts to express his identity as a gay man through art. We'll examine how his use of technology, from Xerox machines to iPads, has continually pushed the boundaries of visual representation. Additionally, we'll highlight the museum's Q+ Art initiative, which centers LGBTQ+ voices in art, and how this exhibition aligns with its mission.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 9:54 Landscape
• 11:42 Rake
• 14:52 Pembroke
• 17:28 Gregory
• 20:38 Homemade
• 24:03 InStudio
• 27:42 SelfPortrait
• 30:13 Portraits
• 33:30 Space
• 35:21 StepInside
• 37:01 Conclusion

Transcript

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Welcome to Lattes & Art , the podcast where we explore the dynamic and ever changing world of creativity - one conversation at a time. I'm your host, James William Moore, and today we're diving into the bold, colorful, and perspective bending world of David Hockney. This episode is presented by J-Squared Atelier and we're taking you inside the Palm Springs Art Museum’s must see exhibit David Hockney’s Perspectives should be reversed.

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A stunning collection of nearly 200 works spanning six decades of Hockney's career, from his iconic photo collages to his digital iPad paintings. This show challenges the very way we see and experience space on display through the end of March. This exhibit comes from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation to enhance your listening experience. Visual aids from the exhibit, including images of

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The artworks.

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We discuss, are available on J-Squared Atelier's website. You can find the link in the show notes. So grab your coffee, settle in, and let's explore how Hockney continues to push artistic boundaries and redefine perspectives in ways that are as playful as they are profound. On today's episode, we're exploring David Hockney's Perspective.

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Should be Reversed.

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Exhibit at the Palm Springs Art Museum examining how Hockney challenges traditional notions of perspective and perception.

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In art.

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We'll discuss his vibrant use of color, his innovative approach to spatial representation, and his influence on contemporary artists. This comprehensive showcase spans six decades of Hockney's prolific.

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Career.

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Featuring nearly 200 works including prints, collages, photographs and digital drawings created on the iPhone and iPad. This talk will explore Hockney's innovative experiments with nontraditional perspectives, and his early efforts to express his identity as a gay man through art. We'll examine how his use of technology, from Xerox machines to iPads, has continually pushed the boundaries of visual representation.

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Additionally, while highlight the museum's Q.

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Art Art.

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Initiative, which centers Lgbtq+ voices and art. Join us as we navigate the vibrant and transformative world of David Hockney, offering insights into his artistic evolution and the enduring impact of his work.

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On contemporary art.

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When you walk into the Palm Springs art museums perspective should be reversed. Exhibit. It feels like stepping into a world where space, time and perception are all up for reinterpretation. David Hockney has always been an artist who challenges the status quo, whether in his vibrant depictions of everyday life, his pioneering use of technology, or his refusal to adhere to traditional artistic rules.

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This exhibit often captures six decades of that restless curiosity, inviting viewers to see the world through his ever evolving lens. One of the first things that strikes you is how playful yet rigorous Hockney's approach is. His experiments with different perspectives sometimes flattening space in a way that feels almost cubist, other times stretching it into a fragmented collage of time and movement.

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His Polaroid compositions and photo collages are particularly engaging, breaking the idea of a single moment frozen in time and instead presenting multiple viewpoints stitched together, forcing us to actively participate in the way we see. Hockney's use of technology is another standout feature of the show, from his early Xerox prints to his iPad drawings. He embraces innovation not just as a tool, but as a way of rethinking how images function.

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The digital works, in particular, feel effortlessly modern yet deeply connected to the painterly traditions he's always loved. And then there's the personal dimension. Hockney's works have long been intertwined with his identity as a gay man. And while this exhibit doesn't necessarily focus on that aspect, it's always present. His depictions of intimacy, whether in portraits or domestic spaces, carry an underlying warmth that challenges the cool detachment.

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Often associated with modernism. In the context of Palm Springs, a city with a rich Lgbtq+ history, his presence feels even more significant. Perspective Should Be Reversed is a vibrant, thought provoking journey through the mind of an artist who never stopped questioning how we see. It's a fitting exhibition, and for a museum that's embracing more diverse perspectives through initiatives like Q plus Art making Hockney's presence here.

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Feel all the.

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More relevant and necessary. The Palm Springs Art museums Q plus Art initiative is a comprehensive program dedicated to uplifting Lgbtq+ artists by integrating exhibitions, public programs, collection, building, and awards. It was launched in March 2024 and serves as an ongoing public platform to showcase the creative endeavors and critical histories of LGBTQ plus identified artists. Through Q plus Art, the Palm Springs Art Museum aims to foster a more inclusive cultural landscape, ensuring that Lgbtq+ voices are heard and their artistic achievements recognized.

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David Hockney's work aligns seamlessly with the Palm Springs Art museums Q plus art initiative, due to his lifelong exploration of his gay identity, personal expression, and the breaking of traditional artistic boundaries. Hockney has been an openly gay artist since the 1960s, long before it was widely accepted. His early works, such as his Love Paintings and We Two Boys Together clinging from 1961, directly reference his sexuality, making him one of the first prominent artists to depict same sex desire openly.

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The title of his current exhibit, Perspective Should Be Reversed, speaks to Hockney's lifelong resistance to conventional artistic rules. Hearties vibrant colors are depictions of California life and resonate deeply with Palm Springs, a city known for its strong LGBT, TCU plus community and cultural scene. Now, as we step in to the exhibit, we are greeted by these oversize iPad prints and they immediately command attention.

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They're bold, luminous colors and crisp lines feel distinctly modern, yet mistaken. Hockney his signature style, remains intact despite the shift in medium. These digital works showcase a continued evolution in his artistic practice that embraces technology not just as a tool, but as a fundamental shift in how images are created and experienced. Hockney's transition started with the iPhone in 2009, and later the iPad in 2010, and was driven by both curiosity and practicality.

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The iPad allowed him to draw anywhere, at any time without the setup required for traditional painting. It became an extension of his sketchbook, offering immediate access to a vibrant digital palette. Unlike working with oil.

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Or watercolor.

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The iPad gave Hockney complete control over layering and corrections. If he didn't like a stroke, he could simply undo it. An impossibility with physical paint. Hockney has always been fascinated by lightning color. IPad, being a screen based medium, offered a way to paint with light itself, creating images that glow from within rather than relying on external illumination. Hockney has never been tied to a single medium from acrylics and watercolor to Polaroid collages, fax machine art and photocopies.

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He has always sought new ways to capture perspective and movement. The iPad was just simply the next step in this ongoing exploration. So how do these works compared to his traditional paintings? Despite being created on a digital device, these images retain the essence of Hockney's artistic language. The bold, Fauvist inspired colors remain just as striking as in his.

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Acrylic.

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Works. His love for landscape and still life continues, often depicting flowers, trees and everyday domestic scenes. The images have a painterly quality, despite the digital origin, Hockney's distinct touch is still visible, reminding us that it's the artist, not the tool, that defines the work. By embracing the iPad, Hockney has challenged.

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The hierarchy of art.

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Materials, proving that digital tools can be just as expressive and powerful as traditional ones. His work has inspired younger artists to see digital art as a valid and legitimate form of fine art, breaking down barriers between painting and technology. As we take in the sheer vibrancy of these oversize prints. We're not just looking at images. We're witnessing an artist who, even in his 80s, refuses to stop innovating.

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Hockney's landscape with shadows is a bold, vibrant work that exemplifies his ongoing fascination with color, perspective and spatial play. The composition is divided into multiple sections, giving the appearance of a fragmented yet cohesive image, evoking a sense of movement and shifting viewpoints. The landscape itself is a surreal yet inviting scene, rolling mountains in the background and potted plants in the foreground casting deep, exaggerated shadows.

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The palette is unmistakably Hockney. Saturated hues of pink, yellow, red, green and blue collide in a joyful, almost Fauvist celebration of color. Hart, his signature style is evident in the way he flattens and reimagines space, rejecting traditional one points perspective in favor of a more immersive multiple perspective approach. This technique invites the viewer to engage with the painting, actively moving their eyes across its various sections to construct a sense of depth and dimension.

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The textures and mark making in the piece, from the swirling patterns in the ground to the stippled effect of the house and foliage, add a tactile quality that blurs the line between painting and drawing. His use of exaggerated forms, such as the oversize flowers in the foreground and its deep abstract shadow, further emphasizes his interest in perception and reality.

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Landscape with shadows is a striking example of Hockney's ability to transform everyday scenes into dynamic, dreamlike compositions. It embodies this continued challenge to conventional ways of seeing, making it a fitting addition to the exhibit. David Hockney's A Rake's Progress is a modern reimagining of William Hogarth's 18th century narrative series of the same name. While Hogarth's original series depicted the moral decline of a young man who squanders his inheritance in London, Hockney transforms the story into something more personal and semi-autobiographical, reflecting his own experiences as a young artist arriving.

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In America.

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In the early 1960s. Hockney created A Rake's Progress after his first trip to New York in 1961, an experience that deeply impacted his artistic and personal development. The series consists of 16 etchings that document his encounters with American culture.

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The art.

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Scene, and his own sexual awakening at a time when homosexuality was still largely repressed in Britain. The prints chronicle Hockney's excitement and disorientation upon arriving in New York. He was fascinate by the consumerism and energy of America, all of which were starkly different from postwar Britain. The character in this series, a stand in for Hockney himself, experiences the highs and lows of being a young artist in an unfamiliar yet thrilling world.

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America, particularly.

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New York.

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Allowed Hockney to express his gay identity in a way that was not possible in conservative Britain at the time. Some of the images in the series hint at themes of desire, social alienation, and personal discovery, reflecting the artist's experience of being a young gay man.

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And a rapidly.

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Changing.

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World.

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Just as Hogarth critiqued 18th century British society, Hockney uses humor and satire to critique modern life, capitalism.

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And the art world.

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Elements of pop.

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Art.

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Abstraction, and surrealism creep into the work, showing his exposure to new artistic influences in the US. In the series, Hockney sparsely uses red as an accent color, often as a symbol of change, corruption, or pivotal moments. This could represent his shifting perspectives, both in his artistic career and his personal identity. Unlike Hogarth's original series, which ends with the protagonist in ruin and despair, Hockney's version is more ambiguous, while it does depict moments of struggle and loneliness.

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It also suggests resilience and reinvention. Mirroring Hockney's own rise to success despite personal and artistic challenges, A Rake's Progress is a deeply personal reflection of a young artist. Navigate fame, sexuality and culture shock. Yet it also speaks to the broader themes of self reinvention, ambition and the pursuit.

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Of art, and a rapidly.

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Changing.

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World.

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Through this series, Hockney doesn't just tell his own story. He invites all of us to reflect on our own journeys of identity and change. Up next is Hockney's Pembroke Studios interior, which is a vibrant, richly textured.

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Work that.

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Provides an intimate glimpse into the artist's creative space. The painting depicts Pembroke Studios, Hockney's London studio, where he worked extensively in the 1970s and 1980s through a masterful use of perspective, color and spatial distortion. Hockney transforms what could be a mundane interior into a dynamic, almost the setting. He has long been fascinated with breaking the rules of traditional perspective.

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And this piece exemplifies that obsession. The room fills live with an almost cubist sense of shifting viewpoints. Walls seem to bend, furniture angles unnatural, and the space expands beyond the constraints of one point perspective. This reflects Hockney's belief that perspective should not be fixed but fluid, allowing the viewer to engage with the space in multiple ways. Hockney's signature bold, contrasting colors dominate the composition.

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The interplay of warm and cool tones and depth and energy, reinforcing the sense that this is not just a physical space, but a mental and creative one. The way light filters into the room, casting dynamic shadows and highlights suggests both a passage of time and a sense of movement within a still image. As a depiction of Hockney's own studio, this work serves as both a self-portrait and a testament to the environments that shape an artist's work.

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The objects and furnishings within the space feel carefully considered, perhaps hinting at moments of solitude, artistic inspiration, or the repetitive rituals of studio life. Unlike many sterile or minimalist depictions of artists studios, Hockney's studio feels lived in vibrant and full of personal, reinforcing his unique approach to space and representation. This piece stands as a celebration of artistic space and process, turning the personal.

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And ordinary.

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Into something visually and conceptually.

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Extraordinary.

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By distorting perspective and embracing bold colors. Hockney challenges the way we experience interior spaces, not just seeing them as they are, but as they feel to those who inhabit them. Next up is David Hockney's An Image of Gregory. This work is more than just a portrait. It's a direct dialog with Picasso's Cubist limb, reinterpreted through Hockney's own lens of intimacy and personal connection.

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The subject Gregory Evans, Hockney's former lover, long time friend and muse, becomes a fragmented yet cohesive presence, echoing the way Picasso deconstructed the human form to explore multiple perspectives at once. Inspired by Picasso's rejection of traditional one point perspective, Hockney presents Gregory as if seen from multiple viewpoints at the same time. His face and body may be slightly distorted, shifted, or layered, inviting the viewer to engage with the image in a dynamic way rather than as a static, singular moment.

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This approach reflects the way we actually perceive people not in fixed snapshots, but in a collection of moments, expressions, and movements. Much like Picasso's Cubist work. Hockney isn't concerned with hyperrealism, but instead uses color, line and shape to evoke personality and emotion. The composition includes flattened spaces, geometric patterns, and multiple angles of Gregory's face, reinforcing the idea that identity is multifaceted and constantly shifting.

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Hockney has always acknowledged Picasso is a major influence on his work. Hockney once said, the moment you realize what Picasso is doing, how he is using time as well. And that is why you could see round the back and the body as well as the front. Once you begin to realize this, it becomes a very profound experience because you begin to see what he is doing is not a distortion.

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And slowly it then begins to look more and more real. In fact, it is natural realism that begins to look less and less real. In an image of Gregory, Hockney employs the same kind of analytical dissection of form that Picasso pioneered. But instead of using it to emphasize abstraction, he uses it to capture familiarity and warmth. Traditional portraiture aims to capture a single moment in time, but Hockney, like Picasso, challenges this idea by presenting multiple perspectives in one image.

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An image of Gregory suggests that a person is not just one fixed expression, but a collection of moments, memories, and viewpoints. The layered nature of the work reflects Hockney's own relationship with Gregory, as someone who existed in his life in various ways over time. Muse, assistant, partner and friend. In true Cubist fashion. Hockney reminds us that there is never just one way to see perspective, like identity, is fluid and ever changing.

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Another section of this exhibit includes David Hockney's photocopy works. This body of work is often referred to as homemade prints, a term coined by Hockney himself to describe his experimentation with zero graphic technology as a method for creating original works rather than mere reproductions. Hockney's homemade prints are unique hand assembled compositions created using color photocopiers, layering different elements to build up an image.

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Unlike traditional printmaking, where multiples are produced from a single plate or screen, Hockney constructed each.

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Work.

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Piece by piece, making subtle adjustments along the way. Key characteristics of homemade prints means that instead of treating the photocopier as a mechanical means of replicating one, Hockney uses it as an extension of his drawing and painting process. He would photocopy hand-drawn and painted elements separately, and then assemble them like a collage to create unique compositions. By experimenting with the limitations and quirks of early color copiers.

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Hockney found ways to enhance color saturation and texture, resulting in images that feel as bold and expressive as his paintings. Some of his works feature intentional misalignments, distortions, and overlapping layers, creating a sense of movement and depth. Hockney was fascinated by how images could be broken down and reconstruct. Much like his approach in photography and Cubist inspired paintings.

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This ties to his larger exploration of seeing from multiple perspectives, reinforcing the theme that there is no single way to view an image. Many of his homemade prints feature still lifes, plants, figures and abstract compositions echoing the themes found in his paintings and drawings. This repeated motif and experimental layout reflect his love for spontaneity and process driven creation.

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So why did Hockney turn to photocopiers? Well, it starts with democratizing the art. Hockney was interested in the idea of making art affordable, accessible and without labor intensive process of traditional printmaking. He was into pushing boundaries. As with his later iPad works. Hockney saw the photocopier is a new tool for artistic experimentation, rejecting the notion that fine art must only be created with conventional materials, and he had curiosity about perception by deconstructing and reconstructing images using a photocopier.

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He was able to play with the ways we see and.

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Interpret.

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Visual information by using a photocopier is an expressive tool. He redefined the relationship between technology and art. Much like he later did with a digital drawing on his iPad. These works are not just prints. They are constructions of vision itself, revealing Hockney's lifelong facets ation with how images are formed, altered and perceived. These works remain a pivotal part of his legacy, proving that even the most unexpected tools can become a medium for artistic reinvention.

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Now we're going to take a look at his in studio December 2017. We're going to look at how he plays with perspective. Hockney gives us a striking example of how he continuously challenges traditional perspective and spatial representation in art. This large scale.

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Photographic work.

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Captures the artist's studio filled with his vibrant, angular landscape paintings, but it is far from a simple documentation of the space. Instead, it is a deliberate reconstruction, a vision, playing with multiple viewpoints in a way that defies the way we expect to see it. Hockney is all about the distortion of space by reversing and fragmenting the perspective, rather than adhering to one point perspective, where all lines converge toward a single vanishing point.

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Hockney reverses and distorts spatial depth. The walls seem to bend, and the paintings appear to.

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Curve around the viewer.

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Creating a panoramic, immersive effect. This is reminiscent of Cubism, where objects are seen from multiple angles at once. Hockney digitally stitches together multiple photographs taken from different viewpoints, resulting in a composite image where objects and people shift slightly in scale and proportion. This technique prevents the image from feeling like a frozen moment. Instead, it suggests movement and time, encouraging viewers to scan across the composition rather than settle into a fixed viewpoint.

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Hockney himself stands slightly off center in the image, but his presence feels somewhat detached, almost like another piece of.

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Artwork.

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In the room rather than the focal point. His placement challenges the viewer's eye as he doesn't sit in a clear vanishing point, making the space feel even more expansive and non-linear. The paintings within the studio act as windows into the other perspectives. Their angular shapes and exaggerated colors contrast with the natural tones of the studio's interior, creating a sense of layered realities.

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Hockney invites us to question where does the studio end and the painting begin? Hockney has long been fascinated with how photography and painting differ in their treatment of space. In the studio, December 2017. He fuzes both using photography not as a method of replication, but as a means of construe erecting a new altered reality. This work is a direct response to the limitations of the traditional camera lens, which flattens space in a way that the human eye does not.

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By manipulating perspective, he recreates the sensation of moving through a space rather than looking at a static scene. This work embodies the entire thesis of this exhibition. The perspective is not a fixed system, but an evolving way of seeing. Hockney reverses, distorts, and constructs the space around him, making in the studio, December 2017, a perfect example of his belief that art should challenge our assumptions about depth, space, and perception by using photography to break the very rules photography typically follows.

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Hockney invites viewers to engage with his studio as a dynamic living entity, one that reflects not just the space itself, but the way we experience, move through and remember places over time. Now, one thing you will notice in the exhibit is that David Hockney is big on self-portraiture and is not just a practice of documentation. It is a lifelong exploration of identity, time and artistic evolution for him.

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His self-portraits spanned decades and reveal an artist who is constantly interra, getting the act of seeing the passage of time and the role of the artist and relationship to their own work. Hockney has created self-portraits throughout his career, from his youthful, cheeky drawings in the 1950s to his more introspective line depictions in later years. Much like the artists before.

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Him, Rembrandt.

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Van Gogh and Picasso, Hockney's self-portraits serve as markers of time, allowing him to reflect on aging, change, and his place in the.

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World.

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He has always been fascinated with how we see. His self-portraits often challenge conventional perspective, whether through distorted viewpoints, Cubist fragmentation, or exaggerated features. He experimented with different mediums, including drawing, painting, photography, iPad sketches, and composite images, each one offering a different way of interpreting the self. His belief that traditional perspective is limiting extends to his self-portraits, where he often plays with spatial relationships and breaks traditional rules of portraiture.

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In many of his self-portraits, Hockney stares directly at the viewer, as if questioning not just his own presence but the act of looking itself. He often captures himself unembellished and idealized, reinforcing the idea that self-portraits are not about vanity but about honest self-perception. His use of iPads for self portraiture in recent years shows his continued interest in using new technology as artistic tools.

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These digital self-portraits feel.

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More.

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Immediate and raw, emphasizing gesture, light and spontaneity rather than meticulous detail. Hockney's self-portraits highlight the ongoing fascination he has with perception, the fluidity of identity and the way an artist's sees themselves over time. Through these works, he reminds us that self-portraiture is not just about looking outward. It is also constantly questioning, evolving and redefining the self. Directly behind where his self-portraits are.

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They have a.

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Gallery of.

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Portraiture that he has worked on, and Hockney is a masterclass in subtle yet powerful manipulation of perspective when he bends the rules of traditional depth and spatial relationships to enhance emotion, engagement and presence. His use of perspective is not about dramatic distortion, but rather about small, intentional shifts that create an intimate and dynamic experience for the viewer. This portrait of Matlock Kevin drew as one the viewer is drawn directly into the subject's gaze.

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The sailor, slightly tilted pose and forward leaning hands create a sense of proximity, almost as if he is about to step out of the painting. This subtle shift disrupts conventional portrait composition, making the image feel more engaging and personal rather than distant and detached. Hockney often flattens backgrounds while keeping figures dimensional, a technique borrowed from Fauvism and Japanese prints.

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This background here consists of vertical textured strokes, giving the illusion of a patterned wall, yet resisting the traditional sense of depth. This contrasts between a seemingly flat background and a more sculptural.

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Figure.

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Creates a tension that makes the portrait feel simultaneously timeless and contemporary. The sailor's hands appear slightly oversize, making them a focal point. This draws attention to his casual, almost melancholic grip on the cigaret, adding a layer of storytelling and mood. The stool is uncomfortably small, making the subject appear larger than life, reinforcing his quiet presence and command of the space.

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These subtle distortions.

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Create a portrait that.

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Feels deliberate yet natural, exaggerated yet believable. The rich blues of the sailors uniform contrast with the vibrant yellow tones of the stool, creating spatial tension between warm and cool colors. The sketch like quality of the brushstrokes in the background softens the perspective, making it feel as though we are looking at a memory of an impression rather than a photographic likeness.

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Hockney shoes. The perspective is not about accuracy. It is about feeling. And here the emotional weight of the subject is just as important as the visual composition. Hockney challenges the idea that portraiture should be about capturing a single, frozen moment in perfected proportion. Instead, he shifts perspective in subtle ways to create immediacy and connection between the viewer and the subject, enhance personality and emotion rather than pure realism, and challenge the rigid rules of classical perspective, inviting the viewer to see figures as fluid, expressive and alive.

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This portrait exemplifies Hockney's philosophy that the way we see is not fixed. It's emotional, it's dynamic. It's ever changing through small but intentional disruptions of perspective. Harty breathes life into his subjects, making his portraiture one of the most compelling elements of his artistic legacy. Last, we're actually going to step into the.

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Artwork, and we're going.

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To play with Hockney in Space and Perception. As Hockney's large scale, immersive compositions often blur the line between artwork and reality, inviting viewers to step into the world where perspective, time and space are redefined. This particular piece exemplifies his ongoing fascination with how we experience and engage with art not as a passive spectator, but as an active participant in this room.

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Within a room causes the image to create an illusion of a constructed interior space, where Hockney himself appears twice seated on either side, as though engaging in a conversation with himself. The carefully arranged, still life paintings of vases and flowers form a central focus, reinforcing the idea of a.

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Curated gallery.

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Within a gallery. The use of a deep blue background creates contrast, making the individual paintings feel like they are floating windows into different moments of observation and artistic process. The figures and furniture.

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Are rendered with photographic clarity.

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Yet the space itself feels oddly constructed. There is a tension between what is real and what is a fabricated illusion. Hockney manipulates scale and spatial relationship, making it difficult to determine where.

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The artwork.

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Begins and where the real.

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World gallery.

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Ends. The museum has built this immersive space that when you turn around, it's a mirror of the actual.

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Artwork in.

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Which you can sit in the chair and look at.

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The artwork.

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And have that conversation. When this occurs, the presence of real life viewers enhances the sense that we.

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Too are a part of.

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The scene, blurring the boundaries between art and audience, representation and reality. All of this stepping into the.

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Artwork.

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Gives the idea that aligns with his belief that art should not simply recreate a moment, but should expand it, offering multiple ways of viewing and experiencing the scene. This work encapsulates Hockney's philosophy that art is not just about looking at something, it's about stepping into it, experiencing it, and questioning how we perceive the world around us. By standing before this piece or sitting in its mirror image, viewers are not merely observing.

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They become a part of the composition itself, reinforcing Hockney's ongoing challenge to conventional perspective, spatial perception and the boundaries between life and art. This work encapsulates many of the themes explored in perspectives.

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Should Be Reversed.

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Multiple perspectives in one frame, the flattening and expanding space simultaneously, the artist as both observer and subject, and an immersive experience that forces viewers to engage.

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With the work.

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Actively by incorporating this piece into the Palm Springs exhibit. Hockney reinforces the idea that perspective is not static. It is an evolving, dynamic process that invites viewers to see the world in new and unexpected ways. Well, that concludes our coffee and this episode of Lattes & Art . We've explored David Hockney's revolutionary approach to perspective and his innovative use of technology that is on display at Palm Springs Art museums exhibition.

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Perspectives should be reversed. If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to check it out. It's on view through the end of March. Thanks to the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation. A big thank you to J-Squared Atelier for presenting this episode, and to all of you for tuning in. If you enjoyed today's discussion, be sure to subscribe!

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