Sunday, April 17, 2011

Adapting To Photorealism

By Ava Fisher


Plane rides and art forms. Courtesy of the Kansas University Art Museum, photorealism which was big in the 70s is being brought back for all to see. One of the things you need to do is tell which is pigment or celluloid.

When it comes to this art form, there is something involved that is referred to as a working medium. Using a canvas and some paint, they make a copy of the photograph by hand. Two friends, one of them a leading aviation and aerospace attorney, got together and were able to assemble major works representing the interests of 22 artists, each painting consistent with their previous work. In fact, in some cases, it appears to be headed out the window.

One artist, for instance, has painted his normal fare which is a horse. In the painting is a woman on a horse with two of her brothers standing close one of which has a model plane in his hand. Using pictures of his old toys, one artist painted an image of a car side by side with a helicopter not to mention a floating plane in a bathtub. One artist's small plane has been laid to rest on an aquarium floor.

It is quite fascinating to see replicates of the original photographs on canvass and this is where each artist made use of a different kind of painting style. Grids were what Renaissance artists utilized so that they can enlarge their sketches for murals and to enlarge the photos for their canvass translations, some artists used this technique as well.

It was an air borne fighter jet that one of the artists worked on. What most of the artists did was utilize clear, precise lines and color and this is how they ended up with amazing paintings. Using tints of all sorts, basing his ideas from antique photographs, one artist decided to paint an air ship.

You might be wondering why an artist needs to paint a photograph. One artist says that painting from photographs depersonalizes the process. The artist is left free to concentrate on manipulating the material. The artists' use of photorealist techniques proves them extremely proficient in the use of brushes and air guns.

Their use of these materials is one of the most proficient in the artistic scene in recent years. This serves as a deviation from what has been classified as pop art, this is a return to the roots of painting with pieces that portray clear images. The movement sprang up in several places at once but coalesced in a show by 22 painters at the Whitney Museum in New York.

Now, photorealism is back. Prices for the paintings are high partly because of the time required to produce a major work. Most people's initial reaction, he pointed out, would be, my God, how did he do it? Much care went into every piece.




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