Chuck Close Photographs
May 10, 2015 to July 26, 2015
This comprehensive survey explores how Chuck Close, perhaps one of the most important figures in contemporary art, has stretched the boundaries of photographic means, methods, and approaches. The photographic origin of each Close painting is well known; however, Close’s exploration of the medium extends far beyond the use of photographs as a programmatic tool. For the first time in his extensive exhibition history, this project delves into the full range of his photographic works, presenting nearly 80 images spanning 1964 to the present, ranging from straight- forward black and white portraits to monumentally scaled, composite Polaroids to the intimately scaled daguerreotypes. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated book published by Prestel, authored by co-curators Colin Westerbeck and Terrie Sultan.
