Chuck Close

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Chuck Close

• Portraits on a Value Grid

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What is printmaking? Why would an artist choose
this medium instead of drawing, painting, or
photography? What are some ways non-artists have
used printmaking in the past and
present? http//www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/wh
atisaprint/flash.html
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Chuck Close was born 1940 in Washington State and
is renowned as one of Americas foremost artists.
He has been exploring the art of printmaking as a
part of his artistic inquiry for over 30 years.
Chuck uses a grid to transfer his subject from a
photograph to a painting or print. By breaking
the larger image down into its smaller component
parts, he is able to make decisions about the
nature and properties of the various colors that
he uses in his works. In his earlier works,
Close was careful to hide the grid upon
completion, but in his later pieces, the grid has
become a visual element of the work itself, and
is no longer simply for planning.
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