ChuckClose.com is a tribute to Chuck Close (b. 1940), an American photorealist painter.

This site features a gallery, a bookstore, a film library, a shop, as well as several links of interest.

Chuck Close (b. 1940), an American photorealist specializing in close-up portraits and self-portraits.

American artist Chuck Close has been a leading figure in contemporary art since the early 1970s. Best known for the monumental heads he has painted in thousands of tiny airbrush bursts, thumbprints, or looping multi-color brushstrokes, Close has developed a formal analysis and methodological reconfiguration of the human face that have radically changed the definition of modern portraiture. This exhibition presents the full spectrum of his career and includes some ninety paintings, drawings, and photographs. [Read more...]