{"id":676,"date":"2015-08-04T01:14:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T01:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2015\/08\/04\/were-so-used-to-looking-at-pictures-where-the\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:29:31","slug":"were-so-used-to-looking-at-pictures-where-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/were-so-used-to-looking-at-pictures-where-the","title":{"rendered":"Hockney on perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d2d08ebd7c1&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d2d08ebd7c1\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tumblr_nsja4bWQ0r1r7s5hko1_1280-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tumblr_nsja4bWQ0r1r7s5hko1_1280-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tumblr_nsja4bWQ0r1r7s5hko1_1280-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tumblr_nsja4bWQ0r1r7s5hko1_1280-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tumblr_nsja4bWQ0r1r7s5hko1_1280-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tumblr_nsja4bWQ0r1r7s5hko1_1280.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so used to looking at pictures where the viewpoint is fixed and the artist, like the cameraman, stood still. We begin to think that everything looks that way, don\u2019t we? But it\u2019s actually very unlike the way we see, because our lives are all about movement. We want movement. Now, if I walk around the chair, and think about what I saw, this seems to me, makes it more real.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 David Hockney, 1992<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dxT-aqWfkls\">Click here<\/a> to watch footage from 1992 of Hockney speaking about his ideas on perspective through the depiction of a chair.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His current exhibition <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=1155\"><i>David Hockney: Painting and Photography<\/i><\/a>&nbsp;is on view at L.A. Louver through September 19, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGE: David Hockney,&nbsp;<i>The Chair<\/i>, 2015, Acrylic on canvas, Framed: 49 \u00be x 37 5\/8 x 2 \u00bd in. 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