Example Sentences

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It’s painted in a way that is hyperrealist, but also idealist, insofar as the realism they’re trying to portray is really about their ideology.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2023

The Echo Park-based artist is known for hyperrealist paintings inspired by collages of cut paper and photographic imagery.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2016

Pristine in its grittiness, The Revenant is a hyperrealist Where the Wild Things Are for depressive grownups.

From Time • Dec. 22, 2015

His sense of irony and hyperrealist vision that cuts through the usual romanticization and is so reassuring.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2012

At about the time that photorealist painting was in vogue, our food photography became hyperrealist.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011