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Annemarie Busschers
Self-portrait, 2008
Just consider this: an adult human face is about 25 x 15 cm large – or small. If you enlarge those dimensions – blow-up is the photographic term – overlooked details suddenly become visible. When freckles become mountain peaks, wrinkles become dry rivers and acne scars become craters, a face takes o
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n the guise of a raw landscape. Annemarie Busschers relishes such a no-holds-barred confrontation, even with this rather unsparing self-portrait in a sober palette. Question: when does hyperrealism stop being truthful?
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Annemarie Busschers
Title
Self-portrait
Year
2008
Technique
Mixed media on paper
Size
119 x 88 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Drawing
Copyright
©Pictoright
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