Tag: Hyperrealistic

Devon DeJardin’s “Giants” Exhibit Brings New Perspective to the Insurmountable

Immense and introspective portraits populate the fine artist's first solo show in NYC

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Portland, Oregon-born Devon DeJardin started painting after a proposition from an alleged sugar daddy. The man, over Instagram messages, offered to pay DeJardin if he spoke with him over the phone—the artist reluctantly consented. “I know this might sound weird,” the man said to him, “but are you into spirituality?” Approaching the end of his four years of studying theology at university, DeJardin, now very …

Ron Mueck at Fondation Cartier Pour l’Art Contemporain

Uncanny sculptures and a move toward closeness in the artist's latest work

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Three new sculptures may not seem like much of an event, but for artist Ron Mueck—famous for a slow, deliberate process and mind-boggling attention to detail—it’s cause for a major exhibition. A follow up to his 2005 show at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Mueck has returned to the Parisian space with a series of his trademark hyperrealistic sculptures. The trio of new works, “Young …