Additional Author:
Letze, Otto, editor.
Description:199 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Note:Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Kunsthalle Tübingen, December 6, 2012-March 10, 2013, the Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, March 21-June 9, 2013 and at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, England, November 30, 2013-March 30, 2014.
Note:Also published in German under title: Fotorealismus : 50 Jahre hyperrealistische Malerei.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:Foreword / Simon Cane -- Photorealism / Otto Letze -- From celluloid to oil, from pixels to acrylic: photorealism in hyperrealistic painting / Otto Letz and Nina S. Knoll -- More than meets the eye: vision and perception in photorealistic painting / Linda Chase -- Who is a photorealist? / Louis K. Meisel -- 1972 and the arrival of the American photorealists: first reactions--vilification and reflection / Uwe M. Schneede -- 1st generation: the 1960s and 1970s -- 2nd generation: the 1980s and 1990s -- 3rd generation: the 2000s and 2010s -- List of exhibited works -- Selected bibliography.
Note:"They devote themselves to the veneer of modern everyday life, the mirrored world of surfaces. Reflective shop windows, limousines with shiny chrome, garishly colored plastic kitsch, and urban scenes have been the favorite subjects of the Photorealists for fifty years. In a complicated work process, the artists employ technical aids to create painted illusions: they photograph their source materials, transfer them with the aid of slide projectors or scans, and then capture them precisely with the brush or spray gun on canvas. This publication presents the impressive works of art by leading figures in this movement, starting with sixties artists such as Richard Estes, Chuck Close, and Don Eddy and moving through three generations of artists to the hyper-realistic visual experiences of contemporary digital artists such as Yigal Ozeri, Raphaella Spence, and Robert Neffson."--Publisher's website.
