hyperrealism
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One of her favorite pieces in the exhibit is a massive, hyperrealism painting by Alé Reviere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
One could argue that this hyperrealism is paramount for a third-person action game that presents a pictorial realm of visions and wonders, of fire-breathing humans and slithering giants.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2024
For decades, Kim Tschang-Yeul painted water drops that sit somewhere between abstraction and hyperrealism.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Christian Bale’s bizarrely complete physical transformation into Dick Cheney took the stunt-casting angle to the extreme, while the fractured, gag-laden script abandoned all pretense of hyperrealism and committed fully to absurdity.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2019
Writer Clarisse Loughrey gave it four stars, praising the movie as a "technological marvel of unprecedented hyperrealism".
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2019
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