A Close Look

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:39:12 -0400

Title
Author	Rol Kiev

Self-Portrait

Chuck Close — Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Self-Portrait
Artist	Chuck Close
Date	2000
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

A self portrait printed in 111 colors.

Kiki

Chuck Close — Tue, 01 Jun 1993 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Kiki
Artist	Chuck Close
Date	1993
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Reverse: keyed stretcher system. Left and right stretcher bars-two D rings each side. Upper and Lower stretcher bars-2 Oz clips each bar. Five plates on horizontal bars to support joins. Stickers: reverse ML: "The Pace Gallery Recent Works Chuck Close October 22-November 27, 1993"

Phil / Fingerprint

Mon, 01 Jun 1981 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Phil / Fingerprint
Artist	Chuck Close ; Pace Editions, New York ; Printed by Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis
Date	1981
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Phil / Fingerprint

Mon, 01 Jun 1981 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Phil / Fingerprint
Artist	Chuck Close ; Pace Editions, New York ; Printed by Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis
Date	1981
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Big Self-Portrait

Chuck Close — Thu, 01 Jun 1967 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Big Self-Portrait
Artist	Chuck Close
Date	1967–1968
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

self-portrait of the artist

Frank

Chuck Close — Sun, 01 Jun 1969 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Frank
Artist	Chuck Close
Date	1969
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G373

Portrait Of Frank James

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:39:12 -0400

Title
Author	Rol Kiev

Chuck Close at MOMA

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:39:13 -0400

Title	Chuck Close at MOMA
Author	Rol Kiev

Frank: Gallery Label - Current

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Frank: Gallery Label - Current
Author	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Date	2009-07-17
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The model for this painting was not Frank himself but rather an 8 x 10-inch photograph of him. In the 1960s, Chuck Close photographed his subjects and then meticulously copied the photographic images, in paint, onto large canvases. With this painstaking technique, he preserved the objectivity of photography. Close also simulated the way the camera, like the human eye, focuses on one area at a time, leaving other areas blurred. By these means, he directed our attention to some intriguing aspects of visual perception.A work of such grand scale--typical of American painting after 1950--is unsettling, particularly when it features a colossal human head. "The large scale," Close explained, "forces the viewer to read the surface of the painting differently...[to] look at it piece by piece." The details, then, can be perceived either as facial pores and hairs or as an abstract pattern of black, gray, and white.

A Close Look

Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

2000

Kiki

Kiki

1993

Phil / Fingerprint

Phil / Fingerprint

1981

Phil / Fingerprint

Phil / Fingerprint

1981

Big Self-Portrait

Big Self-Portrait

1967–1968

Frank

Frank

1969

Chuck Close at MOMA

Chuck Close at MOMA

Frank: Gallery Label - Current

Frank: Gallery Label - Current

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2009-07-17