Sottorealism

It has been developed concerning painting, but also applies to photography The American art historian Carol Strickland (born 1946) coined the term Sottorealism in an essay titled “Detour as a Route to Unity and Order” (2006).

While approaching his work, Strickland discovered a hermeneutical void between realism and surrealism, which she filled with neologism.

[1] Instead of painting a surreal universe, the Sottorealist is interested in crawling beneath the surface of reality.

In doing so, the Sottorealist, however, also acknowledges that unseen forces are active in our perception of reality, such as memory or cultural frameworks or metaphysical.

Photographic images taken while this model is set up, aid the artist during the final realization of the painting.