Denise and Kae explore the David Hockney exhibit at the Palm Springs Art Museum.

One dimensional is about the last thing anyone would call David Hockney.

The 87-year-old British artist’s methods have evolved right along with technology.

David Hockney: Perspective Should Be Reversed at the Palm Springs Art Museum is an ensemble of almost 200 pieces of his work from the last 60 years. This exhibit that closes March 31 is a bit of a time warp: from black and white sketches, to pop art paintings, to drawings created on iPhones and iPads.

Nature through the eyes of artist David Hockney. (Image: Kathryn Reed)

I have my friend, Denise, to thank for taking me here and planning a day of fun in Palm Springs.

I echo what she said about the exhibit and Hockney: “I knew so little and learned so much.”

David Hockney’s poster for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. (Image: Kathryn Reed)

At the entrance to this show is this description: “The exhibition highlights Hockney’s lifelong experiments with non-traditional perspectives for depicting the world and foregrounds his early interest in expressing his identity as a gay man. Hockney challenges the traditional one-point perspective that dominates Western art, at times inviting viewers to explore scenes through multiple vantage points simultaneously. In his art, landscapes stretch and fold, rooms expand in unexpected ways, and still-life works defy conventional frames. Even his portraits are non-traditional, with his subjects depicted from improbable points of view, conveying a sense of intimacy and subjectivity. As a whole, this exhibition captures Hockney’s lifelong objective of inviting viewers to engage with his work in fresh and unexpected ways, challenging the conventional ways we experience visual art.”

Hockney works on small and large canvases, using bold and tiny strokes, as well as bright and muted colors.

I would not be able to easily categorize his work; though I’m sure someone more versed in the art world would be able to.

Denise experiences what it’s like to create art on an iPad. (Image: Kathryn Reed)

Each turn in the exhibit brought something more interesting to look at, to ponder, to get up close to in order to examine the details.

Quotes from the artist are at several of the installations, including: “I was aware immediately when I started drawing on iPhone that it was a new medium—and not only a new medium but also a new way to distribute pictures. One quickly realizes that it is a luminous medium and very good for luminous subjects. I began to draw the sunrise seen from my bed; it contained everything you needed. I wouldn’t have drawn the sunset with just a pencil and a piece of paper.

“You are drawing on a sheet of glass, really. You can’t really over draw too much on the glass, for instance, as you can on a sheet of paper. But on the glass you can’t. Drawing is going out of style.”

It was refreshing to see such diversity from one artist; to see someone challenge themselves, and adopt new techniques for creating and printing his work.