Now available in a newly revised and expanded edition, this book offers the definitive critical examination of one of America's most celebrated living artists. Chuck Close reinvented portraiture more

Chuck Close: Work

Now available in a newly revised and expanded edition, this book offers the definitive critical examination of one of America's most celebrated living artists. Chuck Close reinvented portraiture more than four decades ago with a series of nine-foot-tall, black-and-white likenesses of himself and fellow artists, which astonished an art world dominated by Minimalism and Conceptualism. Close has since explored the possibilities implicit in his original breakthrough in an array of media. This lavish, large-format volume deals with all aspects of Close's career and places them in a biographical context. Christopher Finch's insight into Close's achievement comes by way of hundreds of studio visits and thousands of hours of conversation since he met Close in 1968. The author provides an engaging, in-depth analysis of Close's portraits on canvas, from the continuous-tone airbrushed heads of the 1960s and 1970s to the painterly "prismatic grids" of the past decades. Featuring 365 illustrations, the book surveys almost all of Close's paintings, including his most recent work, together with a selection of prints and multiples and examples of his photographic oeuvre. This beautifully designed volume reveals not only the variety of pictorial strategies Close has devised, but also the extraordinary personality of the artist behind the work.
Country USA
Brand Prestel
Manufacturer Prestel USA
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 40810620
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-09-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783791349183

Country	USA
Brand	Prestel
Manufacturer	Prestel USA
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	40810620
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2014-09-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783791349183

Chuck Close: Work

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