photorealist
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Close, who in the 1970s and ’80s made colossal photorealist portraits of himself and others, died at 81 of cardiopulmonary failure.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
In her Art League show, “Our Fractured Life,” photorealist painter Sally Davies employs two distinct modes to visualize pandemic-period isolation.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022
Hosoda’s backdrops, with their soft colors and photorealist details, are always gorgeous enough to get lost in, but they also tell a deeper story of community and healing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
Close was not the first to make photorealist paintings.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
Yet she says: “My work compared to an actual photorealist is lame. They’re interested in getting everything. I’m interested in getting just enough.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2019
There is nothing by Franz Gertsch of Switzerland, perhaps the best of the photorealists, and Chuck Close is represented only by a pair of minor early drawings.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2017
The photorealists also worked in two traditional genres of painting: portraiture and still life.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
A favorite subject of the photorealists was the new American landscape filled with highways, billboards and strip malls.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
Hendricks was a bit different and, I think, a bit more ambitious than most other photorealists.
From Washington Post
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