15. Chuck Close
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Paul IV
2001 104 x 82 in. (264.2 x 208.3 cm) Oil on canvas Photo: Ellen Page Wilson |
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Linda / Felt Hand Stamp
2011 Trial Proof Oil paint on hand made Twin Rocker / Hot Press paper Paper size: 33 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (85.1 x 69.9 cm) Image size: 23 7/16 x 19 in. (59.5 x 48.3 cm) |
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Self-Portrait (Yellow Raincoat)
2013 Jacquard tapestry 93 x 76 in. (236.2 x 193 cm) |
BIO & STEPS
Born:
Born 1940 in Monroe, Washington ( USA)
Studies:
In 1962, h got
the B.A. degree at University of Washington, Seattle,
In 1963, he got the
B.F.A. degree at Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven,
In 1964, he got the M.F.A. degree at Yale University School
of Art and Architecture, New Haven, M.F.A.
Nowadays:
Lives and works in New York
Themes and style:
Close is
renowned for his highly inventive techniques of painting the human face, and is
best known for his large-scale, photo-based portrait paintings. In 1988, Close
was paralyzed following a rare spinal artery collapse; he continues to paint
using a brush-holding device strapped to his wrist and forearm. His practice
extends beyond painting to encompass printmaking, photography, and, most
recently, tapestries based on Polaroids.
Techniques:
Oil painting
First
Exhibition:
It was held in 1967
at the University of Massachusetts Art Gallery, Amherst, featured paintings,
painted reliefs and drawings based on photographs of record covers and magazine
illustrations. Exhibitions and Publications
Exibitions
and Publications:
2015
Chuck Close: Red
Yellow Blue, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, September 11–October
17, 2015. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close Prints,
Schack Art Center, Everett, Washington, May 12–September 7, 2016.
Chuck Close
Photographs, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, May 10–July 26, 2015.
Traveled to: University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, September 11–December 6, 2015.
Chuck Close, Merchant
House, Amsterdam, April 17–July 12, 2015.
Chuck Close: Face
Forward, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation,
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California,
January 17–April 5, 2015. Traveled to: Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon
University, June 19–September 5, 2015.
2014
Chuck Close, Alan
Avery Art Company, Atlanta, March 9–April 19, 2014.
Chuck Close: Nudes
1967–2014, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, February 28–March 29,
2014. (Catalogue)
2013
Chuck Close: About
Face, Westport Arts Center, Connecticut, November 22, 2013–January 12, 2014.
Chuck Close: Radical
Innovator, Contessa Gallery, Cleveland, November 8, 2013–January 12, 2014.
Chuck Close and his
Turnaround Arts Kids, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut,
November 7–December 15, 2013.
Chuck Close:
Tapestries, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, October 2–November 3, 2013.
Closer: The Graphic
Art of Chuck Close, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, September 28,
2013–January 26, 2014. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Important Works on Paper from the Past Forty Years, John Berggruen Gallery, San
Francisco, September 5–November 16, 2013.
Chuck Close, Guild
Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, August 10–October 14, 2013. (Brochure)
Chuck Close: Photo
Maquettes, Eykyn Maclean, New York, April 16–May 24, 2013. (Catalogue)
2012
Chuck Close, Galerie
Thomas Modern, Munich, November 23, 2012–February 16, 2013. (Brochure)
Chuck Close: New
Works, Adamson Gallery, Washington, D.C., November 10–December 29, 2012.
Chuck Close: Works on
Paper 1975–2012, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family
Foundation, Monterey Museum of Art, California, October 27, 2012–February 17,
2013. Traveled to: Oklahoma City Museum of Art, December 13, 2013–February 16,
2014.
Chuck Close, Pace
Prints, New York, October 25–November 21, 2012.
Chuck Close, Pace
Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, October 19–December 22, 2012.
(Catalogue)
Chuck Close and Crown
Point Press: Prints and Processes, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San
Francisco, July 7–October 24, 2012.
2011
Chuck Close:
Photographs, Prints and Tapestries, A Selection 1978–2010, Galerie de
Bellefeuille, Montreal, November 5–30, 2011. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close, Blum and
Poe, Los Angeles, October 29–December 22, 2011.
Chuck Close:
Self-Portraits in Edition, Steven Vail Fine Arts Project Room, Des Moines,
March 17–July 8, 2011.
2010
Chuck Close: Drawings
of the 1970s, Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, October 15–December 18, 2010.
(Catalogue)
Chuck Close: People
Who Matter to Me, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, July 10–November 14,
2010.
Chuck Close: Polaroids,
Xippas Gallery, Athens, June–July 2010.
Chuck Close:
Polaroids, Galerie Xippas, Paris, April 10–May 22, 2010.
Chuck Close:
Portraits, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State
University, San Bernardino, March 26–May 25, 2010.
Chuck Close, Pace
Prints, New York, February 4–27, 2010.
Look Close: Works on
Paper by Chuck Close, Louis K. Meisel, New York, January 22–March 1, 2010.
2009
Chuck Close: Recent
Works, Contessa Gallery, Cleveland, September 11–November 1, 2009.
Familiar Faces: Chuck
Close in Ohio Collections, Akron Art Museum, Ohio, September 5, 2009–January
17, 2010.
Faces: Chuck Close
and Contemporary Portraiture, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, June 27–October 18,
2009.
Chuck Close:
Maquettes and Multi-Part Work (1966–2009), Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, May
7–June 6, 2009.
Chuck Close: Selected
Paintings and Tapestries 2005–2009, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New
York, May 1–June 20, 2009. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close: The
Keith Series, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, South
Carolina, January 17–May 31, 2009.
2008
Chuck Close: Grids,
Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Inc., Moscow, December 16, 2008–February 25, 2009.
Chuck Close: Recent
Work, William Shearburn Gallery, Santa Fe, June 6–July 1, 2008.
Chuck Close: 10 Years
in Print, William Shearburn Gallery, Saint Louis, April 4–May 5, 2008.
Chuck Close, Philip
Glass,40 Years, Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery Met, Metropolitan Opera
House, New York, March 16–May 17, 2008. (Brochure)
Chuck Close, Nicholas
Metivier Gallery, Toronto, January 10–February 2, 2008.
2007
Chuck Close:
Janet/Pulp, 2007 Print & Process, Pace Prints, New York, November 29,
2007–January 5, 2008.
Chuck Close:
Self-Portrait, 2007, Pace Prints, New York, November 1, 2007–January 10, 2008.
Chuck Close: Family
and Others, White Cube, London, October 10–November 17, 2007. Traveled as:
Chuck Close: Seven Portraits, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, February
29–April 13, 2008. (Catalogues)
Chuck Close:
Self-Portrait/Scribble/Etching Portfolio, 2000, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate
University, Hamilton, New York, August 24–November 4, 2007. Traveled to: Mead
Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts, November 16, 2007–March 18, 2008;
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, May 1–September 21, 2008.
(Catalogue)
Chuck Close, Galerie
Xippas, Paris, February 24–April 7, 2007.
Chuck Close:
Paintings 1968–2006, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid,
February 6–May 7, 2007. Traveled to: Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst,
Aachen, Germany, May 26–September 2, 2007. (Catalogue)
2006
Chuck Close: From the
Collection of Sherry Mallin, Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Harbor, New York,
November 19, 2006–February 4, 2007.
Chuck Close: A Couple
of Ways of Doing Something, Aperture Foundation, New York, November 10,
2006–January 4, 2007. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, June
23–September 9, 2007;Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, March 1–July 15, 2008;
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, October 6–November 26,
2008; Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, January 17–March 15, 2009;
Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, June 19–August 2, 2009; Austin Museum of Art,
August 22–November 8, 2009; David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University,
Muncie, Indiana, January 15–March 14, 2010; Joseloff Gallery, University of
Hartford, Connecticut, April 15–June 27, 2010; Arkansas Art Center, Little
Rock, April 29–June 26, 2011; Loveland Museum/Gallery, Colorado, October 1–December
31, 2011; Wichita Art Museum, January 29–April 15, 2012; Florida Museum of
Photographic Arts, Tampa, January 31–March 31, 2013; Tarble Arts Center,
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, October 26–December 20, 2013.
(Catalogue)
Chuck Close, Xippas
Gallery, Athens, June 28–October 30, 2006.
Chuck Close,
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, June 7–August 13, 2006.
2005
Chuck Close: Self
Portraits 1967–2005, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, July 24–October 16, 2005.
Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 19, 2005–February 28,
2006; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, March 25–July 9, 2006; Albright-Knox Art
Gallery, Buffalo, New York, July 22–October 22, 2006. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close: Recent
Paintings, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, May 10–June 18,
2005. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close: Face to
Face, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 23–May 28, 2005.
2004
Chuck Close: Prints
and Process, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, North Carolina,
January 22–February 27, 2004.
Chuck Close:
Drawings, Photographs, Prints, Craig F. Starr Associates, New York, January
15–31, 2004.
2003
Chuck Close Prints:
Process and Collaboration, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, September
13–November 23, 2003. Traveled to: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
January 13–April 18, 2004; Miami Art Museum, May 14–August 22, 2004; Knoxville
Museum of Art, Tennessee, October 29, 2004–March 27, 2005; Mint Museum of Art,
Charlotte, North Carolina, April 16–August 7, 2005; Addison Gallery of American
Art, Andover, Massachusetts, September 6–December 4, 2005; Modern Art Museum of
Fort Worth, Texas, April 16–June 25, 2006; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art,
Wisconsin, July 30–October 8, 2006; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach,
California, January 28–April 22, 2007; Boise Art Museum, May 12–August 12,
2007; Portland Art Museum, Oregon, October 6, 2007–January 6, 2008; Sungkok
Museum of Art, Seoul, June 19–September 28, 2008; Frist Center for Visual Arts,
Nashville, June 26–September 13, 2009; San Jose Museum of Art, October 6,
2009–January 10, 2010; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, February 13–May
9, 2010; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 3–September 12, 2010;
Kunsthal Rotterdam, January 28–May 20, 2012; as Chuck Close: Multiple
Portraits, MdM Mönchsberg, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, October 27–February
17, 2013; White Cube Bermondsey, London, March 6–April 21, 2013; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney, November 20, 2014–March 8, 2015. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Daguerreotype to Digital,Texas Gallery, Houston, September 13–October 11, 2003.
Chuck
Close:Prints,Clark Fine Art, Southampton, New York, August 15–September 8,
2003.
Chuck Close: Recent
Works, White Cube, London, January 31–March 15, 2003. (Catalogue)
2002
Chuck Close:
Daguerrotypes, Pace/MacGill, New York, November 15, 2002–January 11, 2003.
(Joint catalogue with Chuck Close: Recent Works, 2003.)
Chuck Close:
Paintings, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, November 15,
2002–January 11, 2003. (Joint catalogue with Chuck Close: Recent Works, 2003.)
Chuck Close: New
Editions, Pace Prints, New York, November 1, 2002–January 10, 2003.
Chuck Close Prints,
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York,
Purchase, September 29–December 29, 2002.
Chuck Close Ritratti,
American Academy in Rome, February 22–April 21, 2002.
Chuck Close, Pace
Prints, New York, February 20–March 9, 2002.
2001
Chuck Close: Self
Portraits 1967–2001, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, March 8–April 28, 2001.
2000
Chuck Close,
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, December 9, 2000–March 25, 2001.
Chuck Close:
Photographic Works, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio,
September 24-November 26, 2000. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Self-Portraits, Adamson Gallery, Washington, D. C., September 16–October 21,
2000.
Chuck Close:
Daguerreotypien und Iris Drucke, Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, September
7–October 28, 2000. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Paintings of Agnes/Prints and Drawings, Harwood Museum of Art, University of
New Mexico, Taos, May 7–July 9, 2000.
Chuck Close: Recent
Prints, Pace Prints, New York, April 8–May 6, 2000.
Chuck Close: Recent
Paintings, PaceWildenstein, 142 Greene Street, New York, March 16–April 29
(extended through May 6), 2000. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Portraits and Nudes, Pace/MacGill, New York, March 16–April 22, 2000.
1999
Photographs by Chuck
Close, White Cube, London, July 23–September 4, 1999.
1998
Chuck Close: Prints,
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island, September 27–October 25, 1998.
Chuck Close: Edition
Works, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, September 17–October
22, 1998.
Chuck Close: Prints
1978–1997, Georg Kargl Gallery, Vienna, September 11–October 10, 1998.
Chuck Close, The
Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 26–May 26, 1998. Traveled to: Museum
of Contemporary Art Chicago, June 20–September 13, 1998; Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1998–January 10, 1999; Seattle
Art Museum, February 18, 1999–May 9, 1999; Hayward Gallery, London, July
22–September 19, 1999. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Self-Portraits, Martin Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, March 13–April 11, 1998.
Focus: Chuck Close
Editioned Works, Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 26–May 26, 1998.
Chuck Close:
Translations, Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic,
Connecticut, January 22–February 27, 1998
1997
Chuck Close: Large-Scale
Photographs, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, July–August 1997.
Chuck Close, Henry
Art Gallery, Seattle, May 30–June 22, 1997.
Chuck Close
'Großformatige Polaroids': Large Polaroids 1984–1995, Galerie Daniel Blau,
Munich, March 7–April 26, 1997.
1996
Chuck Close:
Large-Scale Photographs, PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, October 24–November
23, 1996. Traveled to: PaceWildensteinMacGill, Los Angeles, January 24–March 1,
1997.
Chuck Close: A
Personal Portrait, Works and Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian
Institution, New York, October 8, 1996–January 6, 1997.
1995
Chuck Close:
Alex/Reduction Block, Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, September 30,
1995–January 7, 1996.
Chuck Close: Recent
Paintings, PaceWildenstein, Los Angeles, September 29–October 28, 1995.
Traveled to: PaceWildenstein, 142 Greene Street, New York, December 2,
1995–January 6, 1996. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close,
University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, April 12–May 5, 1995.
Chuck Close Recent Editions:
Alex—Chuck—Lucas, Pace Editions, New York, March 10–April 13, 1995.
Chuck Close: The
Graphics, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, January 20–March 4, 1995.
1994
Chuck Close: 8
peintures récentes, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, September
24–October 23, 1994. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close: Visible
and Invisible Portraits, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, June 1994.
Chuck Close:
Retrospektive, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, April 10–June 22, 1994.
Traveled to: Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich, July 13–September 11, 1994.
(Catalogue)
1993
Chuck Close: Recent
Works, The Pace Gallery, 142 Greene Street, New York, October 22–November 27,
1993. (Catalogue)
A Print Project by
Chuck Close, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 24–September 28, 1993.
(Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Portraits, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, July 21–October 31, 1993.
Chuck Close: Lucas
Rug, A/D Gallery, New York, April 1–June 3, 1993.
Chuck Close Editions,
Pace Editions, New York, March 20–30, 1993.
Chuck Close: Black
and White Portraits, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, March 11–April 24, 1993.
1991
Chuck Close, Art
Institute of Boston, Lesley University, Boston, November 8–December 18, 1991.
Chuck Close: Recent
Paintings, The Pace Gallery, 142 Greene Street, New York, November 2–December 7
(extended through December 14), 1991. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close: Large
Color Photographs, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, September 10–November 17,
1991.
Chuck Close:
Editions, University Art Museum, University of Southwestern Louisiana,
Lafayette, September 7–October 24, 1991.
Chuck Close: Up
Close, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, June 15–July 28, 1991.
(Catalogue)
1989
Chuck Close: Works on
Paper from the Collection of Sherry Hope Mallin, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary
Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, October 29, 1989–February 25, 1990.
Chuck Close Editions:
A Catalogue Raisonné and Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, Ohio, September 17–November 26, 1989. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close, Art
Institute of Chicago, February 4–April 16, 1989. Traveled to: The Friends of
Photography, Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, November 8, 1989–January 7,
1990. (Catalogue)
1988
Works of Paper by
Chuck Close, Tomasulo Art Gallery, Union City College, Cranford, New Jersey,
December 2–23, 1998.
Chuck Close:
Photographs, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C., November 1–December 3, 1988.
Chuck Close: Prints
and Photographs, Pace Editions, New York, September 23–October 22, 1988.
Chuck Close: New
Paintings, The Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, September
23–October 22, 1988. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close: A
Survey, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, September 23–October 22, 1988.
1987
Chuck Close Drawings,
1974–1986, The Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, June 19–July 24,
1987. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Photographs, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, March
1–May 10, 1987.
1986
Chuck Close: New
Etchings, Pace Editions, New York, February 21–March 22, 1986.
Chuck Close: Recent
Work, The Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, February 21–March 22,
1986. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Maquettes, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, January 9–February 15, 1986.
1985
Chuck Close: Large
Scale Photographs, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, June 26–July 27, 1985.
Chuck Close, Fuji
Television Gallery, Tokyo, March 1–30, 1985. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close: Works on
Paper, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, February 9–April 21, 1985. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close:
Photographs, Pace/ MacGill Gallery, New York, January 12–February 16, 1985.
1984
Chuck Close: An
Exhibition of Handmade Paper Works, Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles,
February 4–March 16, 1984. Traveled as Chuck Close: Handmade Paper Editions to:
Spokane Center of Art, Cheney, Washington, April 5–May 12, 1984; Milwaukee Art
Museum, June 1–September 30, 1984; Columbia Museum, South Carolina, November
18, 1984–January 13, 1985.
1983
Chuck Close: Recent
Editions, Pace Editions, New York, February 26–March 26, 1983.
Chuck Close: Recent
Work, The Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, February 25–March 26,
1983. (Catalogue)
1982
Chuck Close:
Paperworks, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, September–October 1982. Traveled to:
John Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, October–November 1982; Jacksonville Art
Museum, Florida, December 9, 1982–January 23, 1983; Greenberg Gallery, St.
Louis, September 10–October 15, 1983.
Chuck Close:
Matrix/Berkeley 50, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, March 3–May 5,
1982. Traveled as Chuck Close: Polaroid Photographs to: California Museum of
Photography, University of California, Riverside, May 14–July 31, 1982.
(Catalogue)
1981
Chuck Close:
Etchings, Lithographs and Handmade Paper, Pace Editions, New York,
October–November, 1981.
1980
Close Portraits,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, September 28–November 16, 1980. Traveled to:
St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri, December 5, 1980–January 25, 1981; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago, February 6–March 29, 1981; Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, April 14–June 21, 1981. (Catalogue)
1979
Chuck Close: Recent
Work, The Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, October 26–November 24,
1979. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close, Kunstraum
München, June 28–July 21, 1979. (Catalogue)
1977
Chuck Close/Matrix
35, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, November 1, 1977–January 29, 1978.
(Catalogue)
Chuck Close: Recent
Work, The Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, April 30–June 4, 1977. (Catalogue)
1975
Chuck Close: Drawings
and Paintings, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Oregon, September
26–October 26, 1975.
Chuck Close: Dot
Drawings 1973–75, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, June 17–July 20, 1975.
Traveled to: Texas Gallery, Houston, July 22–August 16, 1975; Art Museum of
South Texas, Corpus Christi, August 19–September 20, 1975; San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, December 10, 1975–January 25, 1976; Contemporary Arts Center,
Cincinnati, February 22–March 5, 1976; Baltimore Museum of Art, April 6–May 30,
1976. (Catalogue)
Chuck Close, Bykert
Gallery, New York, April 5–24, 1975.
Chuck Close: Keith,
Organized by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York. Traveled to: Mint Museum of Art,
Charlotte, North Carolina, January 5–February 2, 1975, Ball State University
Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana; Phoenix Art Museum, June 1–29, 1975; The
Minneapolis Institute of Art, July 18–August 31, 1975.
1973
Chuck Close: Recent
Works, Bykert Gallery, New York, October 20–November 15, 1973.
Chuck Close, Akron
Art Museum, Ohio, March 31–May 6, 1973.
1972
Chuck Close, Museum
of Contemporary Art, Chicago, February 5–March 19, 1972. (Catalogue)
1971
Chuck Close: Recent
Work, Bykert Gallery, New York, December 4, 1971–January 5, 1972.
Chuck Close: Recent
Work, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 21–November 14, 1971.
(Catalogue)
1970
Chuck Close, Bykert
Gallery, New York, February 28–March 28, 1970.
1967
Charles Close,
University of Massachusetts Art Gallery, Amherst, January 8–February 1, 1967.
Public
Collections:
Centre Georges
Pompidou in Paris (France)
Tate Modern in London
(UK)
Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis (USA)
Representative
Galleries:
Pace Gallery
White Cube Gallery
In
his own words:
“My art has been greatly influenced by having a
brain that sees, thinks, and accesses information very differently from other
people's. I was not conscious of making a decision to paint portraits because I
have difficulty recognizing faces. That occurred to me 20 years after the fact
when I looked at why I was still painting portraits, why that still had urgency
for me. I began to realize that it has sustained me for so long because I have
difficulty in recognizing faces. Maybe I should say something about the nature
of this affliction: I could spend an evening having dinner with someone, stare
at their face, be incredibly interested in everything they say, and the next
day, be able to remember all kinds of things they had told me. But, if I were
to see that person on the street I'd have no idea that I'd ever seen them
before in my life.”
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