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CHUCK CLOSE
Lori Miller High Tech Learning, 11/22/09
“I am going for a level of perfection that is only mine…Most of the pleasure is in getting the last little piece perfect”
Timeline
1962Earned BFA, University of Washington
Earned MFA, Yale University1964
Work first exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art1973
1970First one man show featured his photorealistic black & white portraits
1980sWork began to loosen, become more abstract
Suffered a spinal artery collapse & became paralyzed 1988
1990sContinued to paint with a brush strapped to his wrist
NY Museum of Modern Art Retrospective 1998
TodayIs a major figure in contemporary art, continues to produce & exhibit work
Born in Monroe, Wisconsin1940
Type of Art
Subject Matter Close is known for his large scale Photorealist
portraits. Friends and family are often the subject of his work.
Media He uses a variety of painting and printmaking media,
including acrylic, oil, watercolor, and silk screen.
Process He is known for using a grid technique to transfer an
image from a photograph to a large canvas.
Photorealism
Chuck Close is most closely associated with Photorealism. This artistic movement is centered in the United States and began in the 1960s. Photorealist painters create images based on photographs, with great attention to detail. The results appear like a photograph. However, his later work has drifted more toward the abstract.
Other Photorealist Painters
Telephone Booths, 1967 Queen, 1976
Richard Estes Audrey Flack
The Art of Chuck Close
Big Self Portrait, 1967-68Acrylic on canvas107 1/2 x 83 1/2“
http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/77
Leslie, 1973Watercolor on paper72 x 57 “
http://artblart.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/exhibition-picturing-america-photorealism-in-the-1970s-at-deutsche-guggenheim-berlin/
Georgia, 1984Handmade paper56 x 45“
http://www.butlerart.com/pc_book/pages/chuck_close_b.htm
Lucas/Woodcut, 1993Woodcut print46 1/2 x 36”
http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/life/gallery.html
Lyle, 2002silk screen65 1/2 x 53 7/8 in
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Chuck_Close/5.L.htm
Resources
Chuck Close: Process & Collaboration
http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Close MOMA
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=1156