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Title: Chuck Close
ISBN: 0870700669
Author:
Chuck Close
Kirk Varnedoe
Deborah Wye
Glenn D. Lowry
Publicate Date: 2002-07-15
Publish: 2002-07-15
List Price: $50.00
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: You need to be Up Close
Big book! I bought this for my shiftless but talented cousin but read it cover-to-cover before mailing it to him. Close's work is fantastic.
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2: Truly amazing
While at the MoMA I happened across the Chuck Close exhibit. I had heard of him, but had never seen his work. As I walked through the exhibit I thought to myself, "big deal, a bunch of 9 foot tall photographs." But when I notice the medium was acrylic I was astonded! This book captures the unbelievable talent of this amazing artist. It shows his the vast array of materials he used from paint, to pieces of paper. i would highly recommend buying this book! It is one of my favorites.
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3: A retrospective of work by one of America's premier artists.
While in Chicago in the Summer of 1998, I happened across an astounding exhibition of work chronicling the life's work of Chuck Close at the Museum of Contemporary Art. This book is a catalogue of the traveling exhibition that is no less astounding and amazing. Chuck Close is an amazing human who focuses on portraits of human heads and most are executed on a grand scale. The book will take you through his life, via his work, chronologically. Not to be missed are the portraits, done in watercolor, that while inches away from the work, I could not tell it wasn't a photograph. The best thing about the book is that it catalogues every piece in the retrospective and is formatted in a scale that conveys the grandness of the paintings. It is a truly amazing and intriguing body of work that is not to be missed.
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