Experts
Chuck Close
Artist
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Chuck Close Photographs Brad Pitt
Chuck Close on the passion of Brangelina. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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Chuck Close Justifies Public Art Expenditures
Chuck Close on supporting the arts even in a recession. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Business & Economics
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Obama, Farmers and the National Endowment for the Arts
Chuck Close is anticipating a cultural renaissance. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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The contemporary artist draws comparisons between Kennedy and Obama Read More
February 6, 2009 | In History, Politics & Policy
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Chuck Close Says You Don't Need to Buy Art
The contemporary artist on selling a nonessential product Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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The contemporary artist refutes the notion that auction houses need government oversight. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Politics & Policy
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Advice to Artists During a Crisis
The contemporary artist says the best time to make art is when everyone thinks art is dead. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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Is the Art Market More Corrupt than Wall Street?
Chuck Close says comparing art dealers to Wall Street crooks is unfair. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Business & Economics
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The contemporary artist says integrity is the essence of artistic success. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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Chuck Close on the virtues of the upper classes. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Politics & Policy, Arts & Culture, Business & Economics
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The contemporary artist talks about where he was when Martin Luther King, Jr. died and meeting Malcolm X. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Identity, Arts & Culture, History, Life & Death
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Chuck Close on new American values. Read More
February 6, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
Chuck Close is an American artist noted for his highly inventive techniques used to paint the human face. He is best known for his large-scale, Photo-Realist portraits.In 1988 a spinal blood clot left Close almost completely paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. A brush-holding device strapped to his wrist and forearm, however, allowed him to continue working. In the 1990s he replaced the minute detail of his earlier paintings with a grid of tiles daubed with colourful elliptical and ovoid shapes. Viewed up close, each tile was in itself an abstract painting; when seen from a distance, the tiles came together to form a dynamic deconstruction of the human face. In 1998 the Museum of Modern Art in New York City mounted a major retrospective of Close's portraits. Close has been called a Photo-Realist, a Minimalist, and an Abstract Expressionist but, as the 1998 retrospective proved, his commitment to his unique vision and his evolving techniques defy any easy categorization.
