4/12/13: “Linda” by Chuck Close
In this work, Close utilizes photorealism in order
to achieve the kind of quality that combines the details and accuracy of the
photograph with the artist’s eye and interpretation of the subject. The technique has been described as focusing
and highlighting the tension between traditional and innovative forms of art
media. The paintings were initially
decried by critics as being too literal, as the paintings were made from an
initial photograph. Using the grid,
which had been used by painters for centuries, close managed to recreate the
photo onto a larger canvas while also making sure that the most minute details
had been added into the painting. He
specifically used friends and family, displaying them in such a manner that all
their imperfections were displayed but presented in an almost heroic manner. The subject of the painting was author Linda
Rosenkrantz, who wrote several books on naming babies. She was chosen along with Close’s other
subjects because they represented the average person. Ironically, each of them has grown famous for
the statements that each makes, imperfect but immortalized.
Interview with the artist on his style:
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