Robin Eley, an Australian hyperrealist painter, is truly a master of painting illusions, whose various art pieces are widely praised for such hyperrealistic exactness, having numerous exhibitions in famous art museums all over the globe.
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Lately, the artist has been working on a sequence of spectacular canvases that seems to have been wrapped in plastic, each of which is based on an iconic art piece Eley veiled with his expertly skills.
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One of his most exceptional artworks is a version of Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, in which Eley has not only embedded the technique from the Post-Impressionist stroke by stroke, but has also attached the illusion of reflective film ripped up chaoticly in the middle.
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In Eley’s rendition of The Brilliance, the Art Deco style of the 1920s painter Tamara de Lempicka was also recreated. According to the Australian artist, the plastic wrap appended to these famous masterpieces is “something you can see through, but not feel through.”, and as a way to discover the perception of isolation in the modern world.
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Viewers observing these paintings may hope to see it being unwrapped as the method that these beautiful paintings are purposefully shrouded enhances their attractions, though that might never happen.
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Social network subscribers of Eley’s account even inquired the dimensionality of his paintings because of his extraordinary hyperrealistic techniques. Regarding this, the Los Angeles-based artist replied by posting videos of the canvases, where he tours the work from all angles, to show that the magnificent plastic film is truly and oil-rendered illusion.
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Additionally, the artist often posts clips of works-in-progress so that fans can see his skills at work. Scroll down to see more of Eley's incredible illusionistic artwork, and follow the artist on Instagram to keep up to date with his latest creations.
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