Close, Chuck

Chuck Close
Washington, 1940

Well-known American contemporary artist, Chuck Close is one of the most important names in American HYPERREALISM.

Trained at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture, this New York-based artist is the recipient of the National Medal of Arts.

Selected Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries

2004   Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration : The Met, New York, NY, USA 2004   Neue Editionen : Edition Schellmann, Munich, Germany 2003   Hyperrealismes USA, 1965-1975 : Strasbourg CMAM, Strasbourg 2002   Recent Paintings : Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, USA 2001   Points of Departure : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2001   About Faces, C&M Arts, New York, NY 2000   The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-2000, Whitney Museum, New York, NY 2000   Chuck Close: Daguerreotypes : Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany 1999   Portraits, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY 1998   Chuck Close, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 1998   The Artist's Eye: Will Barnet Selects from the Collection, National Academy Museum, New York, NY 1997   Project Painting, Basilico fine Arts, New York, NY 1997   Project Painting, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY 1997   Systematic, Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY 1997   In-Form, Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY 1997   Photorealism's Greatest Hits, Louis K. Meiel Gallery, New York, NY 1997   Chuck Close: Large-Scale Photographs, PaceWildensteinMacGill, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, CA 1980   Printed Art: A View of Two Decades, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA 1979   Copie Conforme?, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France 1971   Recent Work, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA   Rotating Exhibition, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY Literature: Books and Catalogs 2003    "The Morning After," Reed, David, ARTFORUM, March, p.210 2002    "Road Fool," Dunham, Carroll, ARTFORUM, October, p. 136 2001    "Wall Power." Saltz, Jerry, The Village Voice, Jaunuary 30, p. 69 2000    "Watching the Skies," Wei, Lilly, Art in America, April, pp. 128-133 1996    "Pleasure, Pain & Protocol," Gardner, Paul. ARTnews, March

Museum Collections

National Gallery of Art Washington D.C, U.S.
Museum of Modern Art New York, U.S.
Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina, U.S.
Ball State Museum of Art Indiana, U.S.
Butler Institute of American Art Ohio, U.S.
Cleveland Museum of Art Ohio, U.S.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, U.S.
High Museum of Art Georgia, U.S.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington D.C., U.S.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Missouri, U.S.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minnesota, U.S.
Mint Museum of Art North Carolina, U.S.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Texas, U.S.
Museum Of Art And History Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, U.S.
National Academy of Design New York, U.S.
National Gallery of Australia Canberra, Australia
Nevada Museum of Art Nevada, U.S.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, U.S.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington D.C, U.S.
Tampa Museum of Art, Florida, U.S.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Virginia, U.S.
Walker Art Center Minnesota, U.S.
Worcester Art Museum Massachussets, U.S.

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