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...Angeles artist David Hockney told a crowd of several hundred in the Carpenter Center last night that the way to involve a viewer with a picture is to transcend the limitations of a single view point...
...with only one viewpoint emphasizes the distance between the the viewer and the work, the English-born, mixed-medium artist said in his slide lecture. "Such a traditional perspective takes us away. It is a representation of the world as though we weren't there," Hockney said...
This Western point of view "sees through an open door. It is committed to the notion that the real world is external to the observer," Hockney said...
Comparing his art to Chinese scrolls, Hockney said that he takes a more typically Eastern approach. "I want to create a feeling of movement, of closeness. I want the viewer to feel as if he is inside the picture's space," he said...
Other artists who are expected to visit this year include actress Glenn Close, painter David Hockney, and composer Pierre Boulez, said Susan Bielinski, program coordinator...