Real and HyperReal, January 30, 2010 - August 1, 2010, New Wing, First Floor, Gibson Family and Plaza Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.

It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October 3, 2004 - February 13, 2005
New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Collection Highlights, November 2, 2002 - September 12, 2004, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Real and HyperReal (2010)

James Doolin was one of Los Angeles’s greatest portraitists—not of its people, but of the city itself. Completed over a period of four years, includes every detail of the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica in precise scale: each inch equals six feet. Doolin’s concern for scaled accuracy and highly detailed renderings can be traced to the influence of the Renaissance painters Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430 – 1516) and Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525 – 1569). This scene parallels Bruegel’s , 1560, a roof-top view of a bustling village square with multiple vignettes within a highly organized space. Unlike Bruegel, Doolin benefited from twentieth-century technology: he observed the scene from a helicopter to develop the painting’s birds-eye perspective.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Real and HyperReal San Jose Museum of Art , 1/30/2010 - 8/1/2010

• Image Dimensions: 90 x 90 in. (228.6 x 228.6 cm)

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 2004
  Page Number: 76-77
• Flintridge Foundation Awards for Visual Artists 2001/2002. Flintridge Foundation Awards for Visual Artists 2001/2002 Flintridge Foundation. Pasadena, CA, 2002
  Page Number: 26, Figure Number: 4

This object is a member of the following portfolios: