By Simply Looking: The Art of Observation delves into the accuracy of detail and the depiction of the mundane for what it is: raw, frank, and ultimately human. These artists take the practice of observing their subjects seriously, capturing every nuance with unfl inching precision. From traditional realism, superrealism, photorealism, and hyperrealism, these artists tell it how it is.
Realism has taken many shapes throughout the history of art, from Caravaggio's departure from beauty to separate himself from Romanticism, to the replication of photography through alternative mediums, and the vivid reinterpretation of reality in hyperrealism. There is a constant evolution of what is perceived as real in art.
In a time when the use of technology and AI blurs the lines between what is real and what is engineered, fi nding reality through an artist's lens might be the answer. Seven artists share their work on realism in "By Simply Looking: The Art of Observation."