The Hyper-realism movement originated in the late sixties and early seventies when artists began producing paintings that appeared to be photographs. In painting, Hyper-realism is synonymous to Photo-Realism. Also know as Superrealism, the movement was most popular in the United States but spread to some parts of Western Europe. In the sculpture medium, artist often used casts of the human figure to create true-to-form works.
David Kassan

Robert Bechtle

Jacques Bodin

Claudio Bravo

Eric Christensen

Chuck Close

Carole Feuerman

Franz Gertsch

Duane Hanson

Gottfried Helnwein

Antonio López

Ian Hornak

Mark Jenkins

Zeljko Srdic

Sebastian Kruger

Andrey Lekarski

Latif Maulan

Jorge Melicio

Bert Monroy

Ron Mueck
Robert Neffson

Jerry Ott

Denis Peterson

Patricia Piccinini

Alicia St. Rose

Jenny Saville

Glennray Tutor

Willem van Veldhuizen

Sam Jinks

Evan Penny

Jamie Salmon
I’m just getting to grips with hyperrealism – I also write daily offbeat fiction and use photographs and art as inspiration. I was lucky to come across Jorge Melicio’s wikipedia page and the sculpture “Mother with Child”. I love the idea behind hyperrealism, which I understand (in part at least) to be about highlighting particular characteristics such as lighting, shadow or color in order to emphasis their position or effect on a composition.
I just completed a story called “Mother with Child” which I guess was a narrative study of Melicio’s sculpture – it’s posted at: http://jamesbent.com/blog/2010/01/01/new-fiction-short-mother-with-child/
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