Hyperrealism

Christina K-

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Hyperrealism is a genre

of painting and sculpture

resembling a high resolution photograph. Hyperrealism is considered as advancement of Photorealism by the methods used to create the resulting paintings or sculptures. The term is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the US and Europe that has developed since the early 2000s.

Alyssa Monks

Born 1977 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Alyssa Monks began oil painting as a child. She studied at The New School in New York and Montclair State University and earned her B.A. from Boston College in 1999. During this time she studied painting at Lorenzo de’Medici in Florence. She went on to earn her M.F.A from the New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art in 2001. She completed an artist in residency at Fullerton College in 2006 and has lectured at universities and institution nation wide. She has taught Flesh Painting at the New York Academy of Art, as well as Montclair State University and the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.

Juan Francisco Casas

Casas recreates photographs he's taken as large scale oil paintings on canvas, as well as similarly scaled drawings using only blue ballpoint pens. He is considered one of the more influential young painters in Spain.

Ron Mueck is one of the premier names in the

photorealistic sculpture field. He used some of his talent to create visual effects for the 1986 movie "Labyrinth."

After that he opened up a studio to produce visual effects for the advertising industry, which he was successful at for some time. In 1996 he transitioned completely into fine art, devoting all of his time to photorealistic sculpture.

He is best know for faithfully reproducing all aspects of the human body in either a larger or smaller than life scale. His work has been in featured in museums and art galleries all around the world.

HYPER- REALISM

ALYSSA MONKS

Born 1977 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Alyssa Monks began oil painting as a child. She studied at The New School in New York and Montclair State University and earned her B.A. from Boston College in 1999. During this time she studied painting at Lorenzo De’Medici in Florence. She went on to earn her M.F.A from the New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art in 2001. She completed an artist in residency at Fullerton College in 2006 and has lectured at universities and institution nation wide. She has taught Flesh Painting at the New York Academy of Art, as well as Montclair State University and the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.

"When I began painting the human body, I was obsessed with it and needed to create as much realism as possible. I chased realism until it began to unravel and deconstruct itself,” Alyssa states, “I am exploring the possibility and potential where representational painting and abstraction meet - if both can coexist in the same moment."

Ron Mueck

Denis Peterson is a hyperrealist painter that was as one of the first Photorealists to emerge in New York. Widely acknowledged as the pioneer and primary architect of Hyperrealism, Peterson was at the forefront of the movement. His meticulously detailed New York cityscapes purposely draw your eyes to the huge billboards and advertisements. Peterson wanted the weight and pressure of billboards and advertisements to be a commentary on contemporary society and its effects on people. To me, the way he captures the look of despair in person's eyes or demeanor is equally amazing.

HYPERREALISM

JUAN FRANCISO CASAS

Juan Francisco Casas (Born September 1976) is a Spanish artist. Casas recreates photographs he’s taken as large scale oil paintings on canvas, as well as similarly scaled drawings using only blue ballpoint pens. He is considered one of the most influential young painters in Spain]Casas lives and works in Paris and Madrid.