Talk:Hyperrealism (visual arts)

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Themes section

Does anyone else think that the themes section is essentially gibberish? "Helnwein developed unconventionally narrative work that centered on past, present and future deviations of the Holocaust. Provocative subjects include enigmatic imagery of genocides, their tragic aftermath and the ideological consequences." What exactly is meant by "unconventionally narrative"? One could understand this in reference to novels, perhaps (though it would still lack specificity), but in relation to realist paintings, what could it mean? What is a "deviation" of the Holocaust (as opposed to a Holocaust)? How can an image of genocide, especially a realistic image, be "enigmatic"? And what might "ideological consequences" encompass? In short, this doesn't give the reader meaning so much as it uses words as mere signposts to point at a meaning which is elsewhere, and which, in the end, the reader has to take on faith as being actually present in the paintings. The discussion either needs to be more comprehensive and specific, or it needs reproductions of actual paintings to give it some point. Otherwise, it's just airy generalizations, at attempt at suggesting deep thought and social engagement without actually giving us any of the content of those deep thoughts. In short, gibberish. Theonemacduff (talk) 17:57, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

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Mischaracterized

This article begins wrong. Sorry I'm not skilled at editing, but look at this reference: https://mymodernmet.com/hyperrealism-history/

Major museums are a good source of defining art movements and styles, due to the large number of misconceptions online.

Hyperrealism is not an attempt to resemble a high resolution photograph. "Hyperrealists used advancements in high-definition photography as a jumping-off point into expressions of false realities" So, although inspired by photography, the paintings are meant to go beyond what photography can express. For example, they often will not copy the flaws or limitations (no out of focus areas, no optical defects, distortions). It is not "photographic in essence". The article is a mix of fact and misconception, and thus self-contradictory... Then there is the "Themes" section which seems to be a collection of irrelevant tangents.24.236.70.18 (talk) 13:42, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Noob to wikipedia here. I arrived at the page wanting to see what it said. And I wholeheartedly agree with the above. I am an unheralded photorealist painter and when the hyperrealist term first came across my radar twenty years ago the artists who used this newer term to differentiate themselves used this very argument. They tried to explain that the use of computers could lead to them ignoring the limitations of the camera. Also they talked about how they were creating more socially aware art rather than the plain old visual tricks that you see with photorealism. BertErnieArtist (talk) 05:13, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

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