Format:
343 S.
,
zahlr. Ill.
ISBN:
0810959208
Content:
Portrait of the portraitist -- The day of infamy -- Beginnings -- SoHo immersion -- The chosen ones: Close's models -- Photographs into paintings -- Back to the studio -- The power grid -- The magic mark-marker -- Looking into himself: the self-portraits -- Revelations -- The first big one: the 1968 big self-portrait -- The hairy revolutionary: the descendants of a 1975 photograph -- Mid-'70s meditations -- Dotted faces: 1986 and 1987 -- Posthospital mirrorings and phantoms: 1991-95 -- Color close-ups: 1996 and 1997 -- A Jovian close: 2000-01 -- Back to raw basics: black-and-white masks, 2002-03 -- Simplifying the syntax: 2004-05 -- Behind his faces -- Close's artist models -- Artists painting artists -- Richard Artschwager -- Francesco Clemente -- Lyle Ashton Harris -- Jasper Johns -- Alex Katz -- Robert Rauschenberg -- Lucas Samaras -- Cindy Sherman -- Kiki Smith -- William Wegman
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction -- Portrait of the portraitist -- The day of infamy -- Beginnings -- Soho immersion -- The chosen ones--Close's models -- Photographs into paintings -- Back to the studio -- The power grid -- The magic mark-marker -- Looking into himself: the self-portraits -- Revelations -- The first big one: the 1968 big self-portrait -- The hairy revolutionary: the descendents of a 1975 photograph -- Mid-70s meditations -- Dotted faces: 1986 and 1987 -- Post-hospital mirrorings and phantoms: 1991-1995 -- Color close-ups: 1996 and 1997 -- A Jovian close: 2000-2001 -- Back to raw basics: black-and-white masks -- Behind his faces -- Memory games -- Close's artist models -- Artists painting artists -- Richard Artschwager -- Francesco Clemente -- Lyle Ashton Harris -- Jasper Johns -- Alex Katz -- Robert Rauschenberg -- Lucas Samaras -- Cindy Sherman -- Kiki Smith -- William Wegman -- Coda. borah Aaronson; phone: 212-229-7175; fax: 212-229-0312; email: daaronsonabramsbooks.com; bc: plowry@abramsbooks.com
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
Close, Chuck 1940-2021
;
Selbstbildnis
;
Künstlerbildnis
;
Bildband
Author information:
Close, Chuck 1940-2021
