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Creator:
Hockney, David  Search this
Interviewer:
Weschler, Lawrence  Search this
Names:
Archives of American Art  Search this
Extent:
10 Videocassettes (U-matic) (Master: 10 videocassettes (U-matic) (20 min. each) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. + typescript summary (15 p.))
4 Videocassettes (U-matic) (Duplicate (3 hrs. 20 min.), sd., col., 3/4 in.)
1 Videocassettes (U-matic) (Edited version:"Selections": 1 videocassette (60 min.) (U-Matic), sd., col., 3/4 in.)
2 Videocassettes (VHS) (Edited version: "Selections": 2 videocassettes (60 min.) (VHS), sd., col., 1/2 in.)
4 Sound cassettes (Audio only version , analog)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Videocassettes (u-matic)
Videocassettes (vhs)
Sound cassettes
Video recordings
Interviews
Date:
1984 September 3
Scope and Contents:
An interview with David Hockney conducted 1984 Sept. 3, by Lawrence Weschler, for the Archives of American Art at Hockney's home and studio, Los Angeles, Calif.
Hockney discusses his work with photography, and more recently, painting. Topics covered include perspective, the depiction of the passage of time in an art work, the disintegration of the canvas' edge, and Hockney's rediscovery of the objectives of cubism, and the combining of western theories of cubism with the eastern philosophy used in scroll painting.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, photographer; b. 1937.
General:
Unedited master version filmed in ten twenty minute segments. Paul Karlstom, Archives of American Art's West Coast Regional Director, edited the master to a 60 minute version, labeled "Selections."
Topic:
Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Photographers -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.hockne84
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ed38689e-ec1a-443f-83d4-aca2f5a2f739
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-hockne84