Chuck Close is an American artist who is known for his large scale photorealist portraits. He constructs the paintings through a grid system, in where each square on the canvas corrosponds with a squared of cell on the referenced photograph.
Focusing mainly on self portraits or portraits of his family and friends including the artists Richard Serra, Alex Kartz, Cindy Sherman and Cecily Brown.
Close’s compositions come into focus the further an observer stands from them.
These are just some examples off Chuck’s stunningly amazing work that he creates.
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