Self-Portrait / White Ink
This extraordinary work by Chuck Close showcases his signature grid based methodology in which thousands of individually rendered cells coalesce into a monumental self portrait of the artist himself. Executed in white ink, the piece exemplifies Close's decades long investigation into the nature of perception and representation, transforming photographic source material into a meticulously constructed mosaic of marks. For collectors, this work offers a rare opportunity to acquire a piece that sits at the intersection of Photorealism and Conceptualism, embodying the obsessive process driven philosophy that made Close one of the most celebrated American artists of the twentieth and twenty first centuries.
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Vik Muniz
Brazilian · b. 1961
Muniz similarly transforms photographic source material into large scale portraits and figures constructed from accumulated marks or materials, where the image only resolves into recognizable form when viewed from a distance, directly echoing Close's grid based perceptual investigation.
Sigmar Polke
German · b. 1941
Polke's raster dot works deconstruct photographic imagery into monochromatic grids of individual marks that coalesce into figurative portraits, sharing Close's obsession with the tension between abstracted cellular units and photorealistic representation in works on paper.
Robert Longo
American · b. 1953
Longo creates monumental monochromatic works on paper that translate photographic source material into intensely detailed, large scale figurative imagery using meticulous mark making processes, closely paralleling Close's white ink methodology and black and white photorealist approach to portraiture.
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