Title

Hyper Real.

Venues

National Gallery Of Australia (20 October 2017 – 18 February 2018)

Date

(2017 – 2018)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Paintings; Sculpture; Multi-media

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

The exhibition presents major works from early American pioneers George Segal, John De Andrea and Duane Hanson, celebrated Australian artists Patricia Piccinini, Ron Mueck and Sam Jinks, international masters Maurizio Cattelan (Italy), Berlinde de Bruyckere (Belgium), Evan Penny (Canada), Sun Yuan and Peng Yu (China) and many more. Hyperrealism, paralleling photorealism in painting, began in the 1960s and 70s when a number of sculptors became interested in a form of sculptural realism based on a vivid and lifelike representation of the human figure. From kinetic sculpture to bio art, this exhibition extends our perception of what constitutes the hyperreal. [Gallery publicity].