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Yorkshire-born David Hockney lives in Los Angeles
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Painter David
Hockney has revealed he did not vote in the general election - and does not
"care" about the result.
Hockney, considered Britain's greatest living artist,
recently described himself as an anarchist-socialist in a newspaper interview.
But the 77-year-old shrugged off last week's general
election, which saw the Conservatives unexpectedly sweep to power and Labour
suffer its worst defeat since 1987.
Press Association reports:
Asked if he followed the election, Hockney, who was
born into a working class family in Bradford and now lives in sun-soaked LA,
said: "No, I didn't.
Asked if he was disappointed with the result, he said:
"I don't care about the result actually. I mean, I don't think it will
make much difference."
Later asked if he voted, he said: "No I
didn't".
Hockney made the comments at the launch of his new art
show, Painting and Photography, at the Annely Juda art gallery in central
London.
The
exhibition plays with ideas of perspective, and includes group portraits of
Hockney's friends and assistants playing cards or sitting together.
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