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Denis Peterson’s Hyper-Realistic Paintings - Blog Action day 2008

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Profound visions of poverty through paintings

Today is Blog Action Day - a day where thousands of bloggers around the world commit to write on the one topic in the hope of creating awareness around that issue. The topic this year is Poverty, and what better way to shed ~~alittle~~ ALOT of light on this terrible human condition than through the provocative ‘hyperealistic’ paintings of Denis Peterson. Being acknowledged as the pioneer and primary architect of hyperrealism which was founded upon the aesthetic principles of Photorealism. Denis was one of the first photorealist painters to emerge in New York, creating realistic scenes and portraitures rendered in meticulous detail. Many of his paintings depict homeless and African people in scenes that confront the human condition. “By making something beautiful and hyperreal in appearance, I think he attempts to remind us that people suffering terribly are living, breathing, thinking, and feeling individuals in need of our attention and help (Chris Ashley, Look See).”

Visually disturbing subjects of this iconoclastic artist have been statuesque figures and stoic faces painted in an eerily and deafening hyper-reality. His subjects are universally depicted with an internalized calm in the face of the surrounding horrors of deadly disease, impending torture, terrorizing fear, irrational hatred and saddening poverty.

There’s not much more to say that the paintings don’t say themselves. They are extraordinary paintings from an extraordinary artist. Follow the jump to see

Don’t Shed No Tears series -

The Wall series -

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Alex
October 15th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
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Great post, nice photos I myself wrote one at: http://www.guruofsales.com/general/427/fight-poverty-its-blog-action-day-today and the action has not stopped. Would you share your thoughts by a comment there as well?
SarahHub @ Oakbriar Farm
October 15th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
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These make my heart hurt. Thanks for sharing them. BIG wake up call!
vickie collins
October 15th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
3

Good idea, showing pictures of poverty from all over the world. Many countries are so in poverty that we in the US cant imagine, but then there are those that are very poor in our country as well.
BillyWarhol
October 21st, 2008 at 6:19 am
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wow* I’m always blown away by this Hyperrealism style of Painting - Boggle the Mind*

I Hope this Dude’s Art + others can shed Light on this Horrible Tragedy - it’s a Disgrace really*

+ a lot of the Problems like Food + Clean Drinking Water + Medicine + Clothing + Shelter can be Solved relatively Cheaply - certainly less than what we’re Wasting $10 BILLION a Month on Bush’s War in Iraq - Insane!!

Peace*
Debbie Brown
December 19th, 2008 at 8:29 am
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Absolutely amazing paintings that really get the point across. Well titled too.

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