Chuck Close Selected Paintings and Tapestries at PACE/WILDENSTEIN

James Kalm makes his way to the Thursday night power-opening of Chuck Close. These massive portraits are Post-Modern icons that meld ideas about photography, abstraction and celebrity worship into a heady mélange of color line and inside the art world politics. Recent paintings include the artists daughters and the former president Bill Clinton. Larger black and white wool tapestries reproduce examples of the artists photo portraits, and present huge images that are as rich in velvety texture and detail as they are in historical precedent (being produced in Belgium using 400 year old techniques).

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[artistkeith3]

Nice Vid! Some good info on Close tapestries FYI:

Close works with Magnolia Editions Don Farnsworth to make digital instructions, (a weave file), translating the images to data which is read by electronic loom. The customized loom uses 17,800 Italian dyed cotton warp threads generating colors via different combinations of eight warp colors and the ten weft colors. A color palette is developed for each edition containing the necessary values. A weave file is constructed based on the palette.

[jameskalm]

Thanks for the technical info. If I had more time I would have liked to talk to him at the opening.

[LoriMiller1111]

I love this! His painting amazes me.

[DoctorLawyerWhatever]

Doesn't Close know any attractive people to paint portraits of? They are all so butt-ugly.

[Jenchens]

Thank you for this. It's wonderful to up here near the arctic and still be able to get a sense of this show. Chuck Close's work has grown so profound over the years.

[poliestotico]

how did u get the camera into the exhibition??

[assumedanyone]

I just ove it!...chuck is one of the greatest artists of our time!

[bagoona]

The hyena`s are in full attendance.

[artbyharry2]

fantastic.

[luvdomus]

That's amazing: He can't close his hands but he can paint masterpieces.

[bjaa10939]

love dis

[MIRANDAISANERD]

Amazing, thanks for the upload!