Chuck Close RIP (Painter/Artist)

Chuck Close, artist of monumental grids, dies at 81

Chuck Close, Artist of Monumental Grids, Dies at 81

NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Close, a painter, photographer and printmaker best known for his monumental grid portraits and photo-based paintings of family and famous friends, has died. He was 81.
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His attorney, John Silberman, said Close died Thursday at a hospital in Oceanside, New York. He did not give a cause of death.

Close, whose professional highlights include a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1973, was known for using a grid structure for the representation of an image in nearly all of his works, which he said helped him break the face down into “incremental units.”

Time consuming and labor intensive, he produced a plethora of paintings that dissect the human face of such luminaries as President Bill Clinton, composer Philip Glass and the artist himself.

Portrait of Philip Glass (108 1/4 × 84in. (275 × 213.4 cm)):

 

Inspirations is for amateurs . The rest of just work - Chuck Close.

A lot of artist , musician and writers seem to think that the best ideas come out of the process of doing the work,








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He also give some practical advice: If you are overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.

 

What an amazing visual example of this principle.

 

There are two books about him :CHUCK CLOSE : LIFE and CHUCK CLOSE;WORK by Christopher Finch

 

THERE ALSO VIDEOS OF HIM ON THE COLBERT REPORT AND CBS SUNDAY MORNING.

 

There was a N.Y. Times magazine article on him within the last couple of years.

Interesting life..

R.I.P.

 

Chuck Close on The Colbert Report:

The Colbert Report - August 12, 2010 - Chuck Close | Comedy Central US

And on Sunday Morning:

 

Chuck Close’s Uneasy, Inevitable Legacy

 

thank you

 

Chuck Close on Sesame Street:

 

In your face: how Chuck Close built images and tore them apart

 

RIP. I really like his art. I haven't thought about Chuck Close in a while.