In Decasia's case, this comes from the deformation, which turns ordinary scenes into horror - movie spectacle. (rottentomatoes.com)
These works marked his rejection of making figurative art with clear references to the real world, and in particular his move away from the post-WWII Kitchen Sink group of artists who were painting ordinary scenes of everyday life. (royalacademy.org.uk)
At first glance David Stewart's Five Girls 2014, the winning entry in this year's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, is a very ordinary scene. (theartsdesk.com)