chuck close by sam watkins. “big self portrait” 1967-1968 (4 months to complete) acrylic paint...
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Chuck Close
By Sam Watkins
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“Big Self Portrait”
• 1967-1968 (4 months to complete)
• Acrylic paint and airbrush
• first of Close's mural-sized works painted from photographs
• Played with the focus on certain parts of the photograph
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Life and Origins• Chuck Thomas Close
• Born July 5th 1940• American painter
and photographer • Inspired by Jackson
Pollock• Photorealist • Massive scale
portraits
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“Leslie/Fingerprint”• Close’s wife
• 1986 (20th century) • h: 54.2 by w: 40.5 in /
h: 137.7 by w: 102.9 cm • Contemporary /
American• Materials : Direct
gravure • Included in first solo
exhibition
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Gravure printing
• Gravure printing, also known as intaglio, is a high quality and expensive printing technique that uses direct contact between an etched copper plate and the paper.
• While the plate has a relatively high cost, this technique is the best way to print high quality, large volume materials such as brochures, magazines, annual reports and mail order catalogues.
• There are sheet-fed and roll-fed gravure printing processes; the latter is often called rotogravure.
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Conflict It's like a car accident, in a way.
There's a sense of calm; time slows down ‘
1988 (mid-career) suffered seizure• paralyzed from shoulder down• Referred to this dayas “The Event”
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Recovery• continued to paint on
with a brush strapped onto his wrist with tape
• paralysis restricted his ability to paint as meticulously as before
• he adopted materials and techniques that did not lend themselves well to achieving a photorealistic effect
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“Self Portrait”•2004-2005
•Oil on canvas•102 by 86•One of many
self portraits
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• http://www.artnet.com/artwork/51842/443/leslie--fingerprint.html
• http://www.michaelarnoldart.com/Chuck%20Close.htm
• http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/ESQ0102-JAN_CLOSE