On display in the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum‘s BBK Gallery, “Hyperrealist Sculpture 1973-2016” presents a selection of 34 works by the 26 artists most representative of this movement. This is the first exhibition that aims to offer an in-depth survey of human figuration spanning the more than fifty years of hyperrealism’s existence.
Jamie Salmon, Lily, 2013. Courtesy of the artist, Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, and the Institute for Cultural Exchange – Tübingen
In the 1960s and 1970s a number of sculptors began to be interested in a form of realism based on a vivid and lifelike representation of the human figure. Employing traditional techniques such as modelling, casting and painting, they reproduced the body using a range of different focuses.
Patricia Piccinini, Newborn, 2010. Courtesy of the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery – Sydney, and the Institute for Cultural Exchange – Tübingen
This exhibition presents five different ways of approaching the depiction of the body through the five sections into which it is organised: “Human replicas“; “Monochrome sculptures“; “Body parts“; “Playing with size“; and “Deformed realities“.
Image courtesy of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
The selection includes all the leading hyperrealist sculptors, starting with the American pioneers George Segal, Duane Hanson and John DeAndrea. It continues with the rise of the movement internationally, represented by Juan Muñoz (Spain), Maurizio Cattelan (Italy), Berlinde de Bruyckere (Belgium), Ron Mueck, Sam Jinks and Patricia Piccinini (Australia) and Evan Penny (Canada), among others. The exhibition thus emphasises the international nature of hyperrealism as well as its ongoing relevance: the recently completed work Lisa by John DeAndrea will be presented to the public for the first time.
Image courtesy of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
Image courtesy of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
Hyperrealist Sculpture 1973-2016
07.06.2016 – 26.09.2016
Image 1: Sam Jinks, Untitled (Kneeling Woman), 2015. Courtesy of the artist, Sullivan+Strumpf – Sydney, and the Institute for Cultural Exchange – Tübingen
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