![]() ![]() ![]() So I thought, heck, let’s ask the artist himself about his position on whether or not Hyperrealism is in fact art. (Anyone want to give me some cash so we can conduct this experiment? It’s for science, people!) But I guarantee you, we would see a truly different piece from each one, with different emotional registers, and even different implied meaning or purpose in each one. And for Patrick, I don’t know, he may fall in love with that particular sun flare, or in that moment of levity, and really expound on that. For Geddes he might possibly resound with the gritty aspects of the photo and pull those to the front. For Cadden he’d choose pencil, and would really work the highlights and the dark tones probably. I guarantee you the results would be startlingly different and would highlight something different in the photo that the particular artist resounded with or was moved by. Never mind the obvious interpretation brought to the table by the particular artist.Īs an illustration of this fact, it would be a fascinating experiment to hand a photo to three distinctly different Hyperrealists and commission them (without their knowledge, of course) to recreate it. By the simple act of Cadden, Geddes, or Kramer reproducing the beauty that is around us, or even the darkness around us, they are highlighting something distinct and beautiful, or horrific, just simply in their selection of said item. I would say that the natural world around us is filled with beauty and heartbreaking realities and are just awaiting to be commented on by artists the world over. And I would even go a step further and say that while I distinctly disagree with anyone who might say beauty is in the eye of the beholder (how then would we share anything of beauty otherwise, or better yet, how do we communally appreciate anything collectively otherwise?). ![]() So, at least we see from Cadden’s perspective, that obviously Hyperrealists interlace their works with thematic elements that carry meaning beyond simply reproducing exactly the world they see. Furthermore, they may incorporate emotional, social, cultural and political thematic elements as an extension of the painted visual illusion a distinct departure from the older and considerably more literal school of Photorealism. Instead, they utilize additional, often subtle, pictorial elements to create the illusion of a reality which in fact either does not exist or cannot be seen by the human eye. Hyperreal paintings and sculptures are not strict interpretations of photographs, nor are they literal illustrations of a particular scene or subject. The Hyperrealist style focuses much more on its emphasis on detail and the subjects depicted. These objects and scenes in my drawings are meticulously detailed to create the illusion of a new reality not seen in the original photo. ![]() The photo is used to create a subtler and much more complex focus on the subject depicted – the virtual image becomes the living image, an intensification of the normal. Paul Cadden speaks well on behalf of all ultra realistic artists when he speaks of his work and the intricacies involved:Īlthough the drawings and paintings I make are based upon photographs, videos, stills, etc., the idea is to go beyond the photograph. Are photorealists real artists? Is the mere reproduction of a scene or a photograph by hand enough to imbue it with some inherent social context, or enough social commentary to make it actual art? Or should we instead hire Xerox to perform at galleries across the nation instead? Here, take a look at just a few of Kramer’s more well known pieces and consider the question for yourself… Is it that modern viewers like the exactitude of it? Or are we all just following the carnival barker into this latest carnival grotesquery, or this latest marvel? Or are these artists real artists with something very real to say about our plight and the conditions of our lives today? So in reaching out to Patrick Kramer one of the questions I set before myself to consider is simple enough. Even Reddit has a thread highlighting him as artist of the day.īut I do wonder how much of this press just glosses over the surface of these amazing works and they just ultimately accumulate into a few thousand thumbs up and not much more consideration at all. Search for Patrick’s name and you’ll very quickly realize he is a very hot topic around the interwebs. His two works ‘Gravity’ (above) & ‘Lifting the Shroud’ (towards the bottom of this post, painting of a woman in a white dress) have been highlighted on My Modern Met, Daily Mail, Twisted Sifter, Beautiful Life, Ultralinx, et al., you get the idea. Recently Patrick Kramer has been absolutely lighting it up in the art world. Interview with Amazing Photorealist Artist Patrick Kramer ![]()
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