All About Photorealism

By: Siba Khalife

Genesis

Many believe photorealism was essentially a reaction to minimalism

Evolvement from pop art

The movement started in the late 1960s & was at it’s peak in the 1970s

Movement Founders : Richard Estes, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Denis Peterson

Examples

Leslie/Watercolor Chuck Close, 1972-1973. watercolor on paper on canvas, 72-1/2 x 57" (184.2 x 144.8 cm).

“Tattoo” Robert Cottingham ,1971 oil on canvas, 78 x 78 1/8 inches (198.2 x 198.4 cm)

More about it

Influenced by photography rather than the human sights

Incorporated mundane everyday scenes and average looking people

Techniques used include projecting the picture onto the canvas and copying it instead of drawing it by hand

Extreme attention to detail and an almost mathematical approach

Pop art to Photorealism

Was influenced by how pop art challenged what should be or shouldn’t be a worthy subject for an art piece

Also influenced by photography

Chuck Close

Linda, 1975, Acrylic on canvas, 108 x 84 in. Chuck Close, 2007

Duane Hanson

Duane Hanson,Tourists II 1988fibreglass and mixed media, with accessories

bibliography

http://www.mashada.imara.de/superrealism.php

https://copiedyetcreative.wordpress.com/history-of-photorealism/

http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/80/chuck-close