Chuck Close. Pinturas 1968 - 2006. Chuck Close (Monroe, Washington, 1940), pertenece a la generación que, poniendo énfasis en los procesos artísticos, alcanzó su madurez a finales de los años sesenta. Chuck Close viene realizando desde hace cuatro décadas monumentales retratos, 'cabezas', de su familia y amigos, observando los sentimientos hacia ellos y explorando plásticamente ...
Fanny/Fingerpainting, a portrait of Close's grandmother-in-law, represents one of the largest and most masterly executions of a technique the artist developed in the mid-l980s.That technique involved the direct application of pigment to a surface with the artist's fingertips. By adjusting the amount of pigment and the pressure of his finger on the canvas, Close could achieve a wide range of ...