The piece, which sold early in the weekend, is a fascinating departure
from the hyperrealistic sculptures of human figures and plants for which Matelli is best known, as seen in such prominent recent public installations as the High Line.
Over time, her cloud depictions have gone
from hyperrealistic to scratchy, energetic, gestural, nebulous compositions of marks made using a sophisticated yet often acidic use of color.
Not exact matches
Sensational sequences abound,
from a runaway rickshaw chase to a black, white and red hand - painted - looking «flashback»,
hyperrealistic water scenes and 3D» ed - to - the - max aerial views of the Battle Of Gongmen City, the solitary silhouette of Po poised (as iconically as Dirty Harry on the bridge) on a pagoda rooftop above Shen's dragonship.
Photorealism: 50 years of
Hyperrealistic Painting traces the evolution of Photorealism
from 1960 to today.
You can view more documentation
from the inaugural exhibition, including this massive installation of
hyperrealistic human skulls by Ron Mueck, on the National Gallery of Victoria's website.
Joining the big Lichtenstein in the opening space, for instance, are other modernists such as Robert Rauschenberg, sculptors Donald Judd (a sleek and lovely minimalist gesture) and Duane Hanson (the slumped and stolid «Dishwasher,» a fine example of his psychologically disorienting
hyperrealistic human figures), but also some splendid Danish silver pieces
from the Georg Jensen firm.
Artist Dylan Martinez combines several glassblowing and sculpting techniques to form
hyperrealistic plastic bags
from molten glass.
Hyperrealistic paintings which result
from a disarming pictorial precision and lead to a melancholy reflection about these new modern urban sceneries, the ones that take shape at street corners, in the suburbs, in the waste of this consumerist era.
Dieter Leuenberger's
hyperrealistic reportage on steel process,
from blast furnace to retort to high - polished product, is captive to its own effects and would sit well on the walls of a corporate office.
In the NY Sun David Cohen writes that the real enigma of Murphy's treatment of the perceived world is that she is «neither
hyperrealistic nor impressionistic, nor is she so remote
from her own facture as to achieve — or seem to want to achieve — total verisimilitude.
From the vast and intricate drawings of Laurie Lipton to Christian Rex van Minnen's psychedelic grotesquerie, from Mark Ryden's adorable pop surrealist mashups to Kikyz1313's watercolour explorations of innocence and entrails and from Jeremy Geddes's hyperrealistic floating figures to Michael Hussar's dark provocative oil paintings, the work of the Beinart Collective's featured artists is as diverse as it is unus
From the vast and intricate drawings of Laurie Lipton to Christian Rex van Minnen's psychedelic grotesquerie,
from Mark Ryden's adorable pop surrealist mashups to Kikyz1313's watercolour explorations of innocence and entrails and from Jeremy Geddes's hyperrealistic floating figures to Michael Hussar's dark provocative oil paintings, the work of the Beinart Collective's featured artists is as diverse as it is unus
from Mark Ryden's adorable pop surrealist mashups to Kikyz1313's watercolour explorations of innocence and entrails and
from Jeremy Geddes's hyperrealistic floating figures to Michael Hussar's dark provocative oil paintings, the work of the Beinart Collective's featured artists is as diverse as it is unus
from Jeremy Geddes's
hyperrealistic floating figures to Michael Hussar's dark provocative oil paintings, the work of the Beinart Collective's featured artists is as diverse as it is unusual.
Hyperrealistic and anthropomorphic figuration
from the post-war era up to the present day is represented by works of Duane Hanson (WAR) and George Segal, A.D. Christian, Franz Bernhard, A.R. Penck and Magdalena JetelovĂ .
The exhibition provides a survey of
hyperrealistic painting
from the late 1960s to the present day and includes works by the classics of hyperrealism: Richard Estes, Robert Cottingham, Chuck Close, Don Eddy and others.
Well displayed, and spanning a wide variety of media and styles,
from abstract sculpture to
hyperrealistic figuration, light installations to watercolor sunsets, this year is no different, with thirty - seven artists selected
from two hundred nominations, displaying over one hundred works spread across the Academy's campus.