Paul Cadden Hyperrealistic Drawings

Artist Statement

I find myself fascinated by the way we are manipulated through the media, by the use of arguments that favour their particular interests, the suppression of information or points of view by crowding them out, by inducing other people or groups of people to stop listening to certain arguments,or by simply diverting attention elsewhere.  Which ultimately leads to personal cynicism and alienation.
I think the creation of Art need not lead to alienation and can, indeed, be highly satisfying: one pours one’s subjectivity into an object and one can even gain enjoyment from the fact that another in turn gains enjoyment from it  “the personal is the political”
Although the drawings and paintings I make are based upon a series of photographs video stills etc, The  art created from the photo is used to create a softer and much more complex focus on the subject depicted, presenting it as a living tangible object. These objects and scenes in my drawings are meticulously detailed to create the illusion of a new reality not seen in the original photo.Intensify the normal

The Hyperrealism style focuses much more of its emphasis on details and the subjects. Hyper-real paintings and sculptures are not strict interpretations of photographs, nor are they literal illustrations of a particular scene or subject. Instead, they utilize additional, often subtle, pictorial elements to create the illusion of a reality which in fact either does not exist or cannot be seen by the human eye.  Furthermore, they may incorporate emotional, social, cultural and political thematic elements as an extension of the painted visual illusion; a distinct departure from the older and considerably more literal school of Photo-realism.

Paul Cadden

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