Photorealism, Version of Reality in Budapest
Until January 15, 2012 the Budapest Ludwig Museum exhibits East of Eden. Photorealism a version of reality, which presents the enormous range of jobs and techniques developed by artists of the photo-realistic paintings movement of the 60s and 70s , which dominated the art scene in Europe and the United States.
The exhibition explores a movement while little known and often devalued by art historians, is undoubtedly part of the development of Western art, which from its earliest forms to the neoclassic movement of the late nineteenth century can be seen as an improvement in techniques that would eventually lead to photorealism.
The development of photography, enlargement and projection of images was surpassed in the 60s and 70s, facilitating the creation of new painting techniques including the use of photography in painting.
The exhibition includes works by many major artists, as well as others who have been forgotten and some that are unknown. Among them you can see the the work of Robert Bechtl, an American painter, considered one of the founders of photo-realistism along with Richard Estes, Ralph Goings and Chuck Close. His involvement in photorealism comes from his own photographs and the reality of San Francisco. His work can be found in the NYC Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art , at the Guggenheim Museum, the Smithsonian Institute, and Museum of San Francisco among others.
William Beckman is one of the exponents of photorealism that is part of the exhibition. Beckman specialized in painting pictures of high emotional content with a slight Freudian sexual overtone using a method that made him famous, he painted portraits, then sctaches the surface with a razor, then repaints and polishes the fabric creating brilliant images. His work is part of numerous public collections and can be found in the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Kunst Museum of Modern Art in Vienna among others.
Bočkay Milan, a Czech painter deconstructs and achieves photorealistic images dealing with his fascination with surrealism. During the 70s he achieved recognition with his oil paintings that presented enlargements of details of the human body and everyday objects.
John Clem Clarke is one of the most famous American pop artist of the 60s . He was known for reworking old masters and then going the flea markets searching for old photographs or old images for his paintings. He was very prolific and inventive in creating photorealistic techniques, and is considered a master of contemporary American art for imposing icons that identify an era with his paintings.
In addition to the works of these great exponents of photorealism, there are more than 20 artists who use photo-realism as a method of artistic expression in their works.
For more information
http://ludwigmuseum.hu/site.php?inc=kiallitas&kiallitasId=762&menuId=44
Nancy Guzman
If you dont know how photography was used to perform great works of art and are curious about this technique, this is a great chance to explore it if you are on holidays in apartments in Budapest during this autumn.
Translated by: Marc
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October 11th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
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