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a black and white drawing of a man with glasses in front of an abstract background

Chuck Close Portraits – Students will select a subject of their choice to create a portrait in the style of Chuck Close in colored pencils $30 per student per

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an abstract painting of a man's face with many colored circles around the image

#ChuckClose ⠀ Throughout his fifty-year career, Chuck Close created a wide number of portraits. Among them - the portraits one of his friend and fellow artist, Laurie Anderson. ⠀ In his interviews, Close told about his admiration for Anderson as an artist and a person, describing her as “a genius” and “one of the most intelligent and interesting people he knew.” He also praised her for her willingness to experiment with different mediums and push the boundaries of what art can be. ⠀ Chuck…

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a painting of a man with glasses and a beard in an abstract pattern on a black background

Detail of Self-Portrait II (2011) by Chuck Close Because of his expressed distrust of those who attempt to convey through words the experience and significance of art, as though such endeavors are either "spin jobs" and charlatanism, or, at least, verging close to such chicanery, even if the critic has no vested interest in the work under review, which puts up a filter between the reader and their ability to experience the art in an unbiased and authentic manner, writing a blog post about…

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a man with glasses and a beard is depicted in an art work

Last year at the NAEA Convention, I had the very exciting opportunity to see contemporary American artist Chuck Close speak. His lecture inspired me to spice up my usual 7th grade portrait project and attempt a painted piece like his. Close has been a leading figure in contemporary art since the early 1970s. He is best known for the monumental faces he has painted in thousands of tiny airbrush bursts, thumbprints, or looping multi-color brushstrokes using an abstract, highly illusionistic…

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