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The Show (8 o'clock news) (2006)Acrylic painting
by Gerard Boersma

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£5,428.94

One night I was watching the 8 o'clock news with Noraly Beijer on Dutch national television and wondered what I was actually watching.

I decided to take a picture of my television screen to freeze time and use it as a starting point for a painting. As it turned out what I was watching was a candy colored environment with a tank in it.

Materials used:

Acrylic on masonite

Details:

Tags:

#realism#people#war#show#photorealism#news#technology#television#tank#hyperrealism#film still#host#noraly beijer#8 o'clock
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One night I was watching the 8 o'clock news with Noraly Beijer on Dutch national television and wondered what I was actually watching.

I decided to take a picture of my television screen to freeze time and use it as a starting point for a painting. As it turned out what I was watching was a candy colored environment with a tank in it.

Materials used:

Acrylic on masonite

Details:

Tags:

#realism#people#war#show#photorealism#news#technology#television#tank#hyperrealism#film still#host#noraly beijer#8 o'clock
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I create colorful and highly detailed works of art to express my love for the modern human as well as my concerns about contemporary society. My hyperreal paintings are based... Read more

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