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."
Access Note / Rights:
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Summary:
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.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with David Hockney, 1984 September 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for this interview was provided by Warner Communications, Inc.
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Biography Note:
David Hockney (1937- ) is an English-born painter, photographer, and photocollagist; he has experimented in many other mediums including the iPad. He lives in England and Califoria.
Lawrence Weschler (1952- ) is an author in New York and Los Angeles. He was a New Yorker staff writer for over 20 years (1981-2002). At the time of this interview he had recently published Cameraworks, a study of Hockney's photocollages.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
