Chuck Close paints big, methodical portraits and has always depended on photographs in his art making process. This exhibition (April 16 – May 24, 2013) at Eykyn/Maclean Gallery takes you deep into his methodology by showing you his decision-making process as they progress from photograph to paint. This looks to be a rare and great show that reminds us how, optics, photography and painting have walked hand in hand since before the invention of the Camera Lucida.
“That is the great thing about the maquettes. You see the decisions that I made, where those lines fall … And if someone were going to take a lot of time analyzing them I think they would find that there’s a method in the madness.”
–Chuck Close, 2013
via gallery web site
