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[edit] Copying

Large portions of this page are copied straight from other sources: the last paragraph, for example, is lifted straight from Denis Peterson's page on Hyperrealism. As a secondary result, much of the language is not neutral. Suggest the page be rewritten to eliminate the copy-and-pastes and the bias inherent in the writing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.11.98.194 (talk • contribs)

I removed that paragraph, but I haven't gone through the rest to see if anything else is copied. I agree this needs to be cleaned up. --Delirium 15:12, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

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"that bears witness to what immediately becomes historical evidence of the grotesque mistreatment of human beings in a perpetual hypersphere or hyperreality." The author hijacks words from mathematics for uses incomprehensible to anyone else. The connotations of the term "hyper" are "complex", "conceptual", and "futuristic". But in reality, "hypersphere" has a specific definition, completely unrelated to perpetual torture. Unless you are refering to the author's art-school "get me" attitude, which is torturing me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.121.18.98 (talk • contribs)

I agree; I read this article and still don't really know what hyperrealism is. I think it's trying to explain why hyperrealism is better than just taking photographs (the obvious criticism of photorealistic painting), but it certainly doesn't succeed in doing so in a readable way. It could also use more factual history of the movement, and of course sources. --Delirium 15:19, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Superflous paragraph

Isn't having list of hyperealist AND artists a bit pointless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LaughingMan (talk • contribs) 17:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photorealism Split

As I've read and become aware of "Hyperrealism" it seems to me that it is not a complete split from Photorealism. Many of the Photorealists are now using digital means to paint their paintings. Also, in many of the sources listed the Photorealists all talk about how there IS meaning in their paintings. This article claims that there is hardly any meaning in the original Photorealism movement, which is wrong. Hyperrealism is an advancement due to digital capabilities in Photorealism. Not a complete split. Zachiroth (talk) 16:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)