For several years I was deep into
photography. I delved into all sorts- landscape, portrait, night, macro
but my favorite kind was travel photography. So I wasn’t really into
realist paintings thinking that photography was superior in this regard. My types of
paintings were Impressionism and Cubism- if something looks realistic,
it doesn't tickle my fancy. Until one day I saw what I thought was a
photograph- but it was a actually a painting. I was impressed! This
type of painting is called hyperrealism.
Hyperrealism
is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution
photograph and is considered an advancement of photorealism by the
methods used to create the resulting paintings or sculptures. It takes technical art to the
highest level. The term
is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the
United States and Europe that has developed since the early 1970s.
Carole Feuerman is considered the forerunner in the hyperrealism
movement along with
Duane Hanson and
John De Andrea.
Here
are some examples from top Cebuano hyperrrealist painters- Leodito Bongo
III from Danao City, Gary Carabio from Bantayan and Orly Ypon form
Toledo City.
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Leodito Bongo III
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Orly Ypon, Mud Bathers
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Cary Carabio
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Leodito Bongo III
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Leodito Bongo III
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Leodito Bongo III
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