Artist Study: Chuck Close
Charles Chuck Close (Born July 5th, 1940) is an American painter and photographer how had received most of his publicity from his art work as a photorealist from his large scale portraits. Close also often paints abstract portraits that are shown in the world's finest galleries. Although a spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he still continues to paint and produce artwork which is still sought by museums and collectors. Close now live and also works in Bridgehampton, New York. His first wife was Leslie Rose with whom he has two daughters. They finally divorced in 2011 and is now married to artist Sienna Shields.
Most of his early works are very large portraits based on photographs (By the Photorealism or Hyperrealism technique) of his family and friends and sometimes other artists. He suggested that his psychological condition is what inspired him to create artwork. Close suffers from Prosopagnosia (Face Blindness) which is a condition where the brain has an inability to recognise the faces of familiar people, typically as a result of brain damage.
Some of his most famous artworks to take note of is Big Nude (1967), Big Self-Portrait (1967-68), Kent (1970) and Keith/Mezzotint (1972), however the two pieces I would like to talk in more detail is Close's Big Self-Portrait and …show more content…
From a distance it is almost indistinguishable between his painting to a high resolution photograph. He chose to paint and create artwork of his friends for their anonymity. If he were to use to use celebrity in his artwork, he claims it would distract the spectator and would not give the same impression of the painting compared to if it were a painting of an unknown person. From up close, the painting is difficult to scan the details of the painting and instead takes on the characteristics of a landscape or an abstract piece of
Charles Chuck Close (Born July 5th, 1940) is an American painter and photographer how had received most of his publicity from his art work as a photorealist from his large scale portraits. Close also often paints abstract portraits that are shown in the world's finest galleries. Although a spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he still continues to paint and produce artwork which is still sought by museums and collectors. Close now live and also works in Bridgehampton, New York. His first wife was Leslie Rose with whom he has two daughters. They finally divorced in 2011 and is now married to artist Sienna Shields.
Most of his early works are very large portraits based on photographs (By the Photorealism or Hyperrealism technique) of his family and friends and sometimes other artists. He suggested that his psychological condition is what inspired him to create artwork. Close suffers from Prosopagnosia (Face Blindness) which is a condition where the brain has an inability to recognise the faces of familiar people, typically as a result of brain damage.
Some of his most famous artworks to take note of is Big Nude (1967), Big Self-Portrait (1967-68), Kent (1970) and Keith/Mezzotint (1972), however the two pieces I would like to talk in more detail is Close's Big Self-Portrait and …show more content…
From a distance it is almost indistinguishable between his painting to a high resolution photograph. He chose to paint and create artwork of his friends for their anonymity. If he were to use to use celebrity in his artwork, he claims it would distract the spectator and would not give the same impression of the painting compared to if it were a painting of an unknown person. From up close, the painting is difficult to scan the details of the painting and instead takes on the characteristics of a landscape or an abstract piece of