Israel
• 1974
Biography
Shay Kun is an Israeli painter, born in 1974.
He currently lives and works in New York.
Shay Kun graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Fine Arts in Jerusalem in 1998, and Goldsmith College in London in 2000.
Shay Kun's paintings are known for their surprisingly realistic aspect, strongly inspired by photo shots, the artist does oil painting, which belongs to the hyper-realism current, where he gives a lot of importance to detail and the end result is just impressive.
Landscape, with a close up on a branch, windows covered with raindrops, Shay Kun's paintings encourages the spectator to question his relationship with images and reality. He portrays mankind as intruders in his painting, as they damage nature.
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He currently lives and works in New York.
Shay Kun graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Fine Arts in Jerusalem in 1998, and Goldsmith College in London in 2000.
Shay Kun's paintings are known for their surprisingly realistic aspect, strongly inspired by photo shots, the artist does oil painting, which belongs to the hyper-realism current, where he gives a lot of importance to detail and the end result is just impressive.
Landscape, with a close up on a branch, windows covered with raindrops, Shay Kun's paintings encourages the spectator to question his relationship with images and reality. He portrays mankind as intruders in his painting, as they damage nature.
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Shay Kun
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1974