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Mike Dargas
Mike Dargas is a Painter, born in 1983 in Cologne, Germany, known for his fascinating oversized and hyper-realistic portraits. They are most of the time confused for photographs, but there are no pixels involved in his work, only oil paint.
Dargas has been developing his extraordinary technique since he was a child. At the age of eleven, he was already drawing old masters’ paintings with pastel and chalk on the pavement in front of the Cologne cathedral. He was then part of an adult class in art school, and graduated only a year and a half later.
He studied various techniques and developed a passion for realism and hyperrealism over the years.
Coming from an inspiration of Dali, Caravaggio and HR Giga, Mike's mind-blowing large-scale portraits transport into a world of intimacy and sensuality. Each portrait is strikingly alive and expressive.
The artist's intent is to challenge the audience to understand the nature of human being and to question our own emotional perception.
Dargas has been developing his extraordinary technique since he was a child. At the age of eleven, he was already drawing old masters’ paintings with pastel and chalk on the pavement in front of the Cologne cathedral. He was then part of an adult class in art school, and graduated only a year and a half later.
He studied various techniques and developed a passion for realism and hyperrealism over the years.
Coming from an inspiration of Dali, Caravaggio and HR Giga, Mike's mind-blowing large-scale portraits transport into a world of intimacy and sensuality. Each portrait is strikingly alive and expressive.
The artist's intent is to challenge the audience to understand the nature of human being and to question our own emotional perception.
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