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While hyperrealism was the subject of numerous publications when it burst onto the scene in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, it subsequently became practically impossible to find an article, a review or a book dealing with the subject taking a global approach.
In collaboration with Vermeer Magazine
Sixty Years! – What painting movement can claim a lifespan of sixty years and still be relevant today? Arte Povera? Free Figuration? Cobra? Fluxus? … all disappeared after five to ten years of existence.
Delving into the study of hyperrealism is unique in that it quickly leads us to detach ourselves from preconceived notions: “it looks like a photograph,” “it's the work of a copyist, a laborious craftsman,” “a top-of-the-class artist.”
Well, no, the first thing to do is to abandon these all-too-convenient labels to understand the origins and influences of the movement. We must accept the idea that this same family of practices is part of the lineage of movements as diverse as Academic Painting, Abstract Art, Conceptual Art, and Pop Art; even if photography remains central to the process.
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