Chuck Close: A Couple of Ways of Doing Something February 3, 2009

One of America's foremost artists, Chuck Close (1940- ) has focused exclusively upon portraiture for nearly 40 years. His heroic-scale photorealist paintings brought him early acclaim. He has consistently tested the limits of any media in which he works. For 'A Couple of Ways of Doing Something,' Close mastered the venerable process of the daguerreotype, which yields images of astonishing detail and gravity. Close collaborated with Bob Holman, a celebrated New York School poet, to compose poems in the spirit of the subject's personality- many of whom are Close's artist-friends - and the image created by Close. The exhibition includes daguerreotypes, digital prints, tapestries and photogravures.