For more than 30 years, Chuck Close—renowned as one of America’s foremost artists in any media—has explored the art of printmaking in his continuing investigation into the principles of perception. This exhibition provides a comprehensive survey of the full extent of Close’s long involvement with the varied forms and processes of printmaking, and is the first comprehensive exploration of what can only be termed a prodigious accomplishment in the field. The exhibition features 118 works dating from 1972 to 2002. These prints constitute a remarkable self-portrait of the creative drive, vision and intellect of one of America’s most important living artists.
Spring Opening Reception:
Friday, February 19, 2010
7:00-9:00 PM
Organized by Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston. The exhibition and publication have been generously underwritten by the Neuberger Berman Foundation. Additional support was made possible by the Lannan Foundation, Jon and Mary Shirley, The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation and Houston Endowment Inc., Jonathan and Marita Fairbanks, Dorene and Frank Herzog, Andrew and Gretchen McFarland, Carey Shuart, The Worthham Foundation, Inc., Karen and Eric Pulaski, Suzanne Slesin and Michael Steinberg, and Texas Commission on the Arts.
Sponsored locally by the SMoCA Salon. |
Chuck Close, Self-Portrait I (Dots), 1997, linoleum cut, 24 x 18 inches. Edition of 70. Spring Street Workshop, New York printer (Ruth Lingen, Jona Markgraf) Pace Editions, Inc., New York, publisher. © Chuck Close.
February 12, 2010-
May 9, 2010
Gallery 4 and Virginia Ullman Gallery, SMoCA |
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