Saturday, April 23, 2011

Realism

Painting by Richard Estes
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8 comments:

  1. Korbin KingApril 24, 2011 at 12:15 AM

    At first glance I thought a couple was getting busy in the third booth, but I can't see any extra hands or legs. Wishful thinking I guess.

    Pretty cool for paint. For a few moments I thought it was a photo.

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  2. Estancia De La Ding DongApril 24, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    Most people think it's a photo at first. Estes is one, if not the best photo realism painter.

    But basically it's like painting by numbers. You take a photo, develop it as a slide, project it onto the canvas and fill it in.

    I should have added a couple gettin' busy somewhere in there.

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  3. AzathothXApril 24, 2011 at 1:52 AM

    These (Photorealism works) really need to be viewed in person to be truly appreciated and see the surface detail and size. It's nice to see them on-line but an Internet pic of a scan of a photo of a painting of a photo of a real scene? That's a lot of levels. I like Audrey Flack's work it reminds me of drugs

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  4. Estancia De La Ding DongApril 24, 2011 at 2:19 AM

    Drugs... ahhhhh.
    Yes, Flack's work is cool.
    Some of the paintings of Estes that I've seen in person were surprisingly small compared to what I had expected. Others blew me away.

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  5. Death BreathApril 24, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    Lol- the best quote I've ever been able to use - "It's nice to see them on-line but an Internet pic of a scan of a photo of a painting of a photo of a real scene?"

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  6. Estancia De La Ding DongApril 25, 2011 at 12:34 AM

    Yes, a very quotable fellow.

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  7. D.I. Felipe GonzálezApril 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    I'm almost sure I saw that one at the Thyssen Bosemiza in Madrid a few years ago.

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  8. Estancia De La Ding DongApril 25, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    Very cool.

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