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Ville Kohtala  

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Reflection

Journal Entry: Thu May 1, 2008, 3:23 PM
Hyperrealism can be found everywhere, and is highly present today. I think hyperrealism is a state or dimension which is about depiction/portrayal of something as something more perfect that reality. It's about perfection in every field; how things look, act, feel. Superficiality is also sort of hyperrealism. I find a lot of hyperrealism in advertising and TV shows; "desperate housewives" is a prime example.

In art I think hyperrealism can be about using this kind of dimension to express something (anything), different than the kind of superficial perfection that hyperrealism is in the commercial world. If that is the case, it means also that hyperrealism has nothing to do with photorealism.

I started painting reflections because they where extremely beautiful. Undiscovered live phenomenons right there in front of me. I have been thinking about why I like them so much. There is something very special about the image that occurs when buildings lit up by sunlight are projected and twisted on a car standing in the shade under the buildings on a street. The image appears so real. This I interpret as a sort of "hyperrealism".
But not that there is a world there beyond the existing one (like I think "Orange building on a car" and maybe "Fluid buildings with alien elements" depicts themselves), rather that there are images appearing of obvious causes which in scenarios as the one presented above appear as images more real than the surrounding reality.

I take a photo of a car reflection and the "hyperreality" of it is reduced, the picture achieves a photographic dimension. By painting a hyperrealist (as a "style") painting of it, I have a chance to express the hyperreal dimension of the experience that the reflection images can give in the real life. In my opinion I have so far managed this the best in "White and brown" [link] , or actually Parking, although it is just a street scene to other people.
Right now I'm thinking that maybe my paintings are interpretations of the theme hyperrealism as art, but I am experimenting with different themes and phenomenons, such as abstraction versus reality, transparency, layering, glossyness...

  • Mood: Artistic
  • Listening to: Videotape - Radiohead

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 19
  • Current Residence: Oslo, Norway
  • Interests: drawing & painting, art & architecture, hiking, cycling
  • Favourite movie: Cube, Rat Race
  • Favourite band or musician: Radiohead, Muse, Placebo, Sigur Rós
  • Favourite artist: Too many
  • Favourite style of art: Hyperrealism, Photorealism, Minimalism, Op-Art, Hard-edge
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencil, acrylic paint

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Devious Comments

~Art-Apoc-Alypse:iconArt-Apoc-Alypse: Jun 13, 2008, 8:58:31 PM
Your Amazing

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~milosmilos:iconmilosmilos: Jun 12, 2008, 2:31:20 PM
Your art is amazing, I love it!
Bravo!!!
~Virgard:iconVirgard: Jun 8, 2008, 7:13:26 AM
utrolig mye bra her!
~manchadetinta:iconmanchadetinta: May 30, 2008, 11:16:11 AM
Your gallery is amazing, and you're only 19! Very inspiring.
~Rebecca-Lynn:iconRebecca-Lynn: May 27, 2008, 7:29:31 PM
Man I just can't believe it when I browse your gallery - your sense of realism is amazing! I showed a friend of mine your parking painting and they wouldn't believe that it was a painting, I had to show them the WIP pic too! Hah! It's fantastic though.

Keep up the great work :) You could do some pretty awesome stuff in the future, I can tell.

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The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. - John Milton
~Rebecca Lynn
*pretence:iconpretence: Apr 26, 2008, 2:10:33 PM
Takk for :+fav:en :hug:

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~fitzroi:iconfitzroi: Apr 25, 2008, 7:42:31 AM
wow, i can't believe how good you are.
~Agaricpowder:iconAgaricpowder: Apr 24, 2008, 3:30:18 AM
I love your Gallery and your musical taste. Radiohead 4ever!!!!+_+@_@#_#^_^

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~grenaten:icongrenaten: Mar 30, 2008, 7:11:47 AM
:omg: Du og din kunst er virkelig imponerende! Nei! Det er egentlig heksekunst! Er det noe informasjon på Internett om den teknikken? Vær så vanlig og sende meg linker :D Jeg er ikke maler i det hele tatt men hvis jeg blir bedre jeg vil male hyperrealism ;P

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~roddtazmanian:iconroddtazmanian: Mar 4, 2008, 5:12:00 PM Mood: Joy
thank you for the fav !
it is the party here !
I'm sad because i feel alone without you!!!!
~LadyPakter4life:iconLadyPakter4life: Mar 1, 2008, 12:46:05 PM
Wow dude. Big up to you. If you can paint as you do at 19 then Jesus, imagine yourself at 30!!!!!! BRAVO!!!

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~Phoenix001:iconPhoenix001: Feb 24, 2008, 7:06:35 PM Mood: Love
Absolutly briliant! Your amazing!
*MilesTailsPrower-007:iconMilesTailsPrower-007: Feb 24, 2008, 4:29:14 PM Mood: Amazed
Your paintings are so amazing!

They're almost perfectly photo-realistic. It's incredible! Keep it up!

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"It's a frame of mind, you see!"
- Frederick {Eternal Sonata}
~Noirrac:iconNoirrac: Feb 23, 2008, 9:15:29 PM
SWEET PAINTINGS, MAN!!!
*farwise:iconfarwise: Feb 23, 2008, 5:54:51 AM Mood: Wow!
Excellent work! Truly amazed!

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“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."



~Marcus Aurelius
~wednesdayoneam:iconwednesdayoneam: Feb 23, 2008, 1:50:00 AM
Unbelievable paintings, and you're only a year older than me! I would never be anywhere near as talented as you are in a year.
~Alley0op:iconAlley0op: Feb 6, 2008, 4:19:17 PM
i'm a big fan of your art.
i loove photo-/hyperrealism
just wanted i to know that. :)

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~zvil:iconzvil: Feb 4, 2008, 2:17:19 AM
hi

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*NixandMuk:iconNixandMuk: Feb 1, 2008, 9:08:24 AM Mood: Love
GREAT!! Thank you very much for your gallery!! it' an inspiration!! :kiss:
~turningyesterday:iconturningyesterday: Jan 30, 2008, 8:11:17 AM
wow. all your hyperrealism is amazing.
keep it up.

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~CMParts:iconCMParts: Jan 7, 2008, 5:09:12 PM
hey! long time! how are you? happy new year.
~ARTOONATOR:iconARTOONATOR: Jan 6, 2008, 10:20:43 AM
Ah, a young genius.

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~FlyingNerve:iconFlyingNerve: Dec 21, 2007, 7:56:48 PM
you are a amazing artist!!! Fantastic gallery!!

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