The Hyperrealist Art of Pedro Campos
Today we present you with some awe-inspiring works from Madrid-based hyperrealist painter, Pedro Campos.
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2012, January 17., 1:44 pm
That is freaking ridiculous!
Whoa!
2012, January 17., 1:55 pm
Yeah. Brutal…
2012, January 17., 2:56 pm
Hi,
I’m sorry, but I don’t see the point of hyperrealistic paintings (and we see more and more of them everyday) : what is it, but a show off of tremendous technical skills ? Especially when what is painted is not “extra-ordinary”, and could have been photographed any day, on anyone’s table ?
I get it when it’s staged, or impossible in reality, but otherwise, to me it’s plain and simply useless, not even artistic.
Anyone ?
2012, January 17., 3:45 pm
Well, without sounding to superficial and artsy, his works have an aura of glossy, sanctified perfection about them. They are hand painted essays about purity in which mundane items shock the senses with their virginal splendor. There is something a bit “Pop” about many of Campos’ images. His jars of jelly beans would appeal to Wayne Thiebaud, and his Coca-Cola cans seem to nod to Andy Warhol. Of course, Warhol famously said that Pop Art is about “liking things” and Campos is about liking, and more. With his considerable painterly skill, augmented by experience in art restoration, Campos is an artist who has meditated deeply on the presence of things, and who in turn endows every object he paints with a hint of the metaphysical.
2012, January 18., 5:21 pm
Sure, thanks for sharing your perspective, but I still quite don’t get how this is better than carefully staging the objects and shooting them with a camera (if you disregard the obvious huge and amazing technical skills it requires).
And it’s pretty often that painters who do hyperealistic stuff show how well they can render glass and reflection, or distorsion due to water, water drops and such natural effects. (there was a whole series about windshields under the rain)
Hence, it doesn’t really appeal to me ! Something’s missing, I don’t know exactly what. Some surrealism in the hyperrealism probably :)
2012, February 1., 5:42 pm
Romain, I think you need to not think of these works as an alternative to photography. Alot of people can’t get passed the realism stuff, but it’s really just as useless as any other style. Everyone has their preference.