clive head at the national gallery

its not hard to see why this hyperrealist's exhibition has drawn in over 16000 people to the national gallery in the space of 2 mere weeks. ive always found all work surrounding hyperrealism intriguing, a kind of discreet 'fuck you' to technology, able to replicate the same visual allurements of photography with a paintbrush.
the exhibition was far too small for clive head's work. photorealism is one of THE most undermined art movements, i only hope this artist manages to reach the same recognition as avid perfectionist, and fellow photorealist chuck close (pictures below)