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Close Reading Chuck Close and the Artist Portrait Friedman H/C 2005
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eBay item number:226033561773
Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Year
- 2005
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Signed
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- ISBN
- 9780810959200
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Abrams, Inc.
ISBN-10
0810959208
ISBN-13
9780810959200
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46018588
Product Key Features
Book Title
Close Reading : Chuck Close and the Artist Portrait
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Individual Artists / General, General, American / General
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
56.1 Oz
Item Length
10.2 in
Item Width
7.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-008913
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
759.13 B
Synopsis
One of the most admired and innovative contemporary artists working today, Chuck Close has pioneered ideas of scale, form, and color through the theme of portraiture, a genre that he has fundamentally redefined. The first book to focus on Close's self-portraits and the portraits he has made of fellow artists, "Close Reading" is a uniquely intimate portrait of Close's life and work by the former director of the Walker Art Center, Martin Friedman, a longtime friend who has had unprecedented access to the artist. After covering the biographical details of Close's life-including the sudden illness in 1988 that led to near-complete paralysis, and the degree of recovery that enabled him to continue his painting career-Friedman moves on to a probing examination of Close's self-portraiture. The final section deals with Close's paintings of artist subjects, among them Cindy Sherman, Francesco Clemente, Jasper Johns, and William Wegman. Included here are Close's insightful comments about these works and Friedman's discussions with the artists themselves, which reveal much about Close's accomplishments and issues of self-portraiture in both Close's art and their own., One of the most admired and innovative contemporary artists working today, Chuck Close has pioneered ideas of scale, form, and color through the theme of portraiture, a genre that he has fundamentally redefined., Chuck Close has pioneered ideas of scale, form, and colour through the theme of portraiture, a genre that he has fundamentally redefined. Although Close has painted himself far more often than any of his other subjects, the majority of those other subjects have been fellow artists. This book details more than thirty years of Close's remarkable career, exploring the evolution of both his self-portraits and artist portraits and the compelling man behind them. Divided into three sections, the book's first section includes a comprehensive biography of Close that deals with his childhood and college years, his struggles with learning disabilities, the origins and perfecting of his near photographic painting technique, and his sudden illness in 1988, which led to almost complete paralysis, and the degree of recovery that enabled him to continue his painting career. The second section is an examination of his self-portraiture. The final section deals with the artist's paintings of fellow artists, including Cindy Sherman, Francesco Clemente, Jasper Johns, and William Wegman. The text includes Close's insightful comments about these works and interviews with the subjects.
LC Classification Number
N6537.C54F75 2005
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