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The Debut Issue cover of UNIT Magazine (Final Major Project)
The Birmingham Art Gallery hosts the ‘Photorealism: 50 years of Hyperrealistic Painting’ exhibition, showcasing major Photorealist artists from the 1960s to the present day. The outstanding artwork in this exhibition is guaranteed to have your eyes dilated, your shins grazing the nylon rope, and your balance lapsing as you progressively lean closer to the paintings (trying to convince yourself it is legitimately a painting). The intense resemblance to a high-resolution photograph with seemingly invisible brushstrokes will make it hard for you to believe your own eyes. The thing is you need to see up-close and personal to completely appreciate the striking visual detail in the artwork. Touring through the exhibition you will truly admire the “If I can see it, I can also paint it” talent of these artists. The hyperrealist style of these painting focuses its emphasis on details and its subjects, but it’s the additional pictorial elements that make these paintings more exceptional, these tiny details are for the viewer to discover. Some of the paintings present objects in an exaggerated scale that makes the objects appear familiar and strangely unfamiliar at the same time - blowing your mind.
Artists featured in the exhibition included John Kacere. I have been a fan of his work for a while, admiring his rather eroticized paintings through the Internet, so of course his paintings Oksana ’94 and Serina ’72 especially stood out to me. Witnessing these works (that I have seen and praised for a long time through photographs) confirmed that those photographs do not do the paintings enough justice. This exhibition is a must see.
Other than the artwork, the exhibition itself was an utter pleasure to attend. The atmosphere was relaxed, and the venue was more than satisfying. It is just you and those extraordinary paintings. However, don’t be surprised if you end up sharing a state of utter amazement with a fellow viewer telling you he can’t believe it either.
The Debut Issue cover of UNIT Magazine (Final Major Project)
The Birmingham Art Gallery hosts the ‘Photorealism: 50 years of Hyperrealistic Painting’ exhibition, showcasing major Photorealist artists from the 1960s to the present day. The outstanding artwork in this exhibition is guaranteed to have your eyes dilated, your shins grazing the nylon rope, and your balance lapsing as you progressively lean closer to the paintings (trying to convince yourself it is legitimately a painting). The intense resemblance to a high-resolution photograph with seemingly invisible brushstrokes will make it hard for you to believe your own eyes. The thing is you need to see up-close and personal to completely appreciate the striking visual detail in the artwork. Touring through the exhibition you will truly admire the “If I can see it, I can also paint it” talent of these artists. The hyperrealist style of these painting focuses its emphasis on details and its subjects, but it’s the additional pictorial elements that make these paintings more exceptional, these tiny details are for the viewer to discover. Some of the paintings present objects in an exaggerated scale that makes the objects appear familiar and strangely unfamiliar at the same time - blowing your mind.
Artists featured in the exhibition included John Kacere. I have been a fan of his work for a while, admiring his rather eroticized paintings through the Internet, so of course his paintings Oksana ’94 and Serina ’72 especially stood out to me. Witnessing these works (that I have seen and praised for a long time through photographs) confirmed that those photographs do not do the paintings enough justice. This exhibition is a must see.
Other than the artwork, the exhibition itself was an utter pleasure to attend. The atmosphere was relaxed, and the venue was more than satisfying. It is just you and those extraordinary paintings. However, don’t be surprised if you end up sharing a state of utter amazement with a fellow viewer telling you he can’t believe it either.