1. Briana Curry
Photorealism

2. Definition: a genre of painting that uses photographs and cameras for their subject

3. Origin
photorealism evolved from Pop Art and as a counter to abstract Expressionism in the late 1960s and early 1970s
Appeared mainly in America, but expanded throughout Europe as well.

4. Photorealism vs. Pop art
Photorealism views
Pop Art views
Reclaimed the values of the image
Pointed out the unreasonable of the usage of imagery

5. Styles Photorealism is unique and there is no particular style
Paintings resemble a photograph
Photorealist paintings can’t exist without the photograph.
Change and movement must be frozen in time which must be then correctly presented by the artist.

6. Take an actual picture of the subject or location
Photo realists use a photograph or several photographs to gather the information to create their paintings and it can be argued that the use of a camera and photograph is an acceptance of modernism
Steps:
Take an actual picture of the subject or location
Project the photo on a canvas and use an airbrush to recreate the black and white outline
Finally fill in the colors

7. Themes and characteristics
Brushstrokes aren’t visible
Tight and precise lines
Like Pop Art, subjects are modern products or places
Portraits of people were also common subjects
Played with optical effects of reflective surfaces and natural light

8. Richard Estes (1932- )
One of the founding figures of the photorealist movement of the late 1960s
Played with optical effects of reflective surfaces and natural light, his work deals with the postwar urban environment
He layers and merges multiple viewpoints to create dense and detailed scenes
Bus Reflections,1974
Diner, 1971

9. Chuck Close (1940- ) Created a link between painting and photography
Pixel-like grid technique
Suffers from face blindness, and can’t recognize faces. By painting portraits, he is able to recognize and remember faces.
Big self portrait ( )
Stanley II

10. Audrey Flack (1931- )
Paintings usually had very detailed reflections from glass
Her work encompasses painting, sculpture, and photography
Became the 1st photorealist painter to be added to the collection of the museum of modern art in 1966
Her work brings in everyday household items and actual accounts of history
Chanel, 1974
WWII, 1977

11. Dan Hanson (1925-1996) Abortion, 1966 Supermarket lady, 1969
Most successful sculptor during this movement
Used fiberglass figures dressed in real clothes to mimic and criticize Americans
Abortion, 1966
Supermarket lady, 1969

12. Works Cited
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