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Fire
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 74.9 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 25.6 x 1 inch
£1,687
#501 Queen Angelfish portrait
Patrick Chevailler
Print - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£359
Jeune fille à la plage
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
£404
Main Entrance WPKiW
Sylwia Wozniczka
Painting - 140 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
£1,393
Old woman living near sea
Vu Nhu Hai
Painting - 88.9 x 94 x 5.1 cm Painting - 35 x 37 x 2 inch
£4,638
Seated Figure
John De Andrea
Sculpture - 83.8 x 63.5 x 137.2 cm Sculpture - 33 x 25 x 54 inch
£126,495
Killer whales
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,434
Deep blue waters
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
£5,903
World of instincts
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
£5,903
L'Eau des Merveilles
Sophie Duplain
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 1 inch
£1,258 £1,132
Golden Monkey
Valerian Sioridzé
Sculpture - 32 x 19 x 12 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.5 x 4.7 inch
£1,123
The decision
Ricardo Fabián Bertona
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,138
Alexei Odintsov
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 80 x 55 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,213
Daffy
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
£3,505
Modou, Exit serie
Baptiste Laurent
Sculpture - 25 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
£674
Cocora XIV (1)
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
£2,067
Vallée de Cocora
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,977
Untitled XXIV. From the Series Chiromorphose
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Photography - 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
£1,054
Unchained soul
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 121.9 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 44 x 1 inch
£2,108
Diamond Drops
Cheraine Collette
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,696
Couverture pliée
Andrii Kyrychenko
Sculpture - 65 x 30 x 35 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 11.8 x 13.8 inch
£8,537
My Purple Heart
Meshach Charity
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
£3,205
A dandy in the garden of black roses
Ramonn Vieitez
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£2,108
Golden Ratio
Cheraine Collette
Photography - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£5,392
I've been here for about three months
Bevan Ramsay
Sculpture - 59 x 33 x 27 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 13 x 10.6 inch
£5,566
My father came over from England
Bevan Ramsay
Sculpture - 80 x 42 x 30 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 16.5 x 11.8 inch
£5,566
Les soleils d'Hiroshima
Gabriel Froget
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£5,392
La liberté bafouée
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£179
Excentrique
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£179
Jeune fille à la perle 2.021
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
£3,145
Usage de la censure
Andrii Kyrychenko
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
£7,908
Par amour du goût (1)
Valentine Bouvet
Painting - 30 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 2 inch
£404
Intimité
Philippe Huart
Fine Art Drawings - 96 x 67 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 37.8 x 26.4 x 0.4 inch
£3,594
Test de apercepción temática
Carmen González Castro
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,516
The terrifying night of the first transformation
Ramonn Vieitez
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£2,108
To lose the fear - II
Ricardo Fabián Bertona
Painting - 110 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£2,530
Triple portrait-I(The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant,New York,2003)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£5,392
Hyperrealism
"What links these artists is first of all a hyperrealism of its individuals, a critique of society, a 'social determinism,' a window to reflect on our own inhabitance of the world," describes curator Hervé Mikaeloff, on the selection of this year's theme "Portrait and Figuration. A look at the French scene" at the Art Paris Art Fair. He has chosen to include various hyperrealist artists, including Pei-Ming Yan, Laurent Grasso, Dorian Cohen and Marc Desgrandchamps.
In the history of art, the 20th century is shaped by a succession of artistic trends. What do they all have in common? The race to abstraction. From Picasso's cubism to Pollock's abstract expressionism, through Duchamp's art brut, conceptual or minimalist art, all schools seek to emancipate themselves from the centuries of painting behind them where commitment to accurately portraying the subject took precedence over the creative process.
In 1973, hyperrealism appeared. It was a revival of figurative art. Seen alternately as a breaking away from, or on the contrary by some as an extension of pop art and the pictorial technique of its precursors Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, hyperrealism corresponds to the ultra-realistic representation of a person, an object, a landscape... No kind of subject is favored as each artist has their own trademark style.
The term hyperrealism, even though it developed mainly in the United States, comes from the French. The Belgian art dealer Isy Brachot was the first to use it in 1973 as the title of an exhibition in his Brussels gallery. He exhibited influential American and European photorealists (realist photographers), including Chuck Close (who specialized in enlarged identity photographs), Ralph Goings (in automobiles), Richter and Delcol...
From that moment on, "hyperrealists" came to mean all the painters and sculptors influenced by the photorealists. However, unlike the latter, who show absolute objectivity towards the model they capture, hyperrealist painters omit or add details that allow a better overall reading of the subject, one that is "truer" than the visible reality. Unlike photography, the contemporary hyperrealist painting plays on the narrative, the emotions of the viewer. It takes a stand on social, cultural and political themes.
Discover all aspects of hyperrealism in this selection of unique artworks: paintings by Richard Harper, sculptures by Charlotte Champion and much more...