Chuck Close

by Robert Storr, Robert Storr, Kirk Varnedoe

This volume, the most comprehensive assessment of Chuck Close's work yet published, accompanied a mid-career retrospective exhibition that opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, on February 25, 1998. A leading figure in the New York art world since the early 1970s, Close has recently concentrated on portraits of his artist friends and colleagues, characterized by colorful patterning and vivid brushwork. Subjects include Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Alex Katz, Kiki Smith, Lucas Samaras, and Lorna Simpson. Here, more than 90 paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs are reproduced, along with details and comparative illustrations.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art, Photography

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Robert Storr is an American curator, critic, painter, and writer.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chuck Close is BRILLIANT and creates art unlike anything we have seen. Some of his enormous portraits are done in pencil or paint, and are so realistic, they look as if they are photographs. The amazing part of his story is that he uses a wheelchair and has very minimal use of his body, so he uses he mouth to move the paintbrush or pencil.

[Becca Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing. I saw an exhibit of his work at MoMa in SF and was blown away. Bought this book shortly thereafter.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great essay by Robert Storr, Good luck getting into Yale

[Tama · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chuck Close calls them his "heads", I call them awe inspiring.

[Alan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even got this one autographed to me.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing book, different from anything else I've read

[Andrew Cossaboon · Rating 5 out of 5]

great visuals of Chuck Close's work