Richard Estes
dal 18/6/2007 al 15/9/2007
Segnalato da
18/6/2007
Richard Estes
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
The retrospective covers the period from the 1960s to the present, with the aim of analysing the career of one of the founders and main figures of American photo-realism. In contrast to other photo-realist artists, he only uses photography as his starting-point, taking various viewpoints of the chosen location and playing with them until he arrives at the definitive image which he transformed into a kind of optical illusion.
Solo show
This retrospective devoted to the work of the painter Richard Estes will
cover his artistic activities from the 1960s to the present with the aim
of analysing the career of the main founder and one of the great figures
of American photo-realism.
Using photography as a direct visual source,
Estes focused on the representations of real landscapes. In contrast to
other photo-realist artists who directly transferred the photograph to the
canvas, Estes only used it as his starting-point, taking various
viewpoints of the chosen location and playing with them until he arrived
at the definitive image which he transformed into a kind of optical
illusion.
Richard Estes will also be shown at the Palazzo Magnani, Reggio
Emilia, Italy, co-organiser of the exhibition.
With the collaboration of the Consorcio Turistico de Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado 8 - Madrid