We will be watching Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress in class. I'll also post it to Canvas. After watching the film, I'd like you to answer the following questions:
I believe Close is truly one of the greatest artists of our time his work truly amazing.
1. What notions about genres/categories of art does Chuck Close's work break down?
Close have worked with oil and acrylic painting, photography, mezzotint printing, also, diverse additional media. Shifting confidently from one to the other, Close suggests that his conceptual intentions are ultimately timeless, whereas his tools or materials are infinitely interchangeable. That is partially why Close's practice of portrait painting has for over forty years remained surprisingly "contemporary,"
