Hyper Real
The human form has been a recurring artistic concern throughout art history. Investigate selected works from the Hyper Real exhibition and the National Gallery collection to analyse artistic practices, discuss ideas and processes and inspire art making.
Overview
Curriculum Connections
Visual Arts
Themes
The human body, Sculputre, Hyper-realism, Photorealism
Art & Artists
Featured
Abendland [Twilight of the West]
1989
Woman in front of a mirror [Femme devant un miroir]
c.1908
China China bust 15
1999
Blue poles
1952
Bob
1970
Study for Les Demoiselles des bords de la Seine (Été) [Girls on the banks of the Seine (Summer)]
1856
Meat queue
1946
Nausung [mask]
1970
Mick Jagger
1975
Maralaitj, mother of the tribes
c. 1965
Compression
1960
Pregnant woman
2002
Female form
c.1952
The stags
2009
Within without
2010
Eulogy
2011
Last riot
2007
The deposition
2017
Referenced
The Aboriginal Memorial
1987-88
