Hyperréalisme, quand l'art dépasse la réalité

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In the 1960s in the United States, artists such as Richard Estes, Don Eddy and Richard McLean began to paint pictures that, at first glance, look like gigantic photographs. They draw their subjects from the banality of American life: the streets of New York, shop windows, cars... Sculptors, such as Duane Hanson, create characters that are more real than life. These works have been called "hyperrealistic" because they copy reality so perfectly that the viewer, caught in the trap of illusion, feels a sense of strangeness in front of them. By playing with our perceptions, hyperrealism reminds us that we often mistake images of reality for reality itself...