Artist: Chuck Close (1940 - )
Nationality: American
Movement: Hyper-Realism
Media: Painting
Influences:

Biography:
After studying at Yale University, Chuck Close moved to New York and came under the influence of photographic painter Claude Cahun. In the 1970’s, Close began to emulate his style, copying the tiniest of details from portrait photographs and applying them to his canvasses. In his later work, Close expands in photo-realism using finger-painting techniques, stippling, and collage.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
Maquette for April
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Artist: Chuck Close Title: Frank Date: 1969 Medium: acrylic on canvas Dimensions: H.108 x W.84
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Chuck Close - Roy II 1994 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Chuck Close - Jud 1982 pulp-paper collage o Virginia Museum of Fine Arts American
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Chuck Close - Self-Portrait 1997 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art American
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Chuck Close - Paul III 1996 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Chuck Close - Alex 1991 color woodcut on pap Hirshhorn Museum American
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Chuck Close - Nancy 1968 acrylic on canvas Milwaukee Art Museum American
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Chuck Close - Elton 2000 ink jet print mounte High Museum of Art American
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Chuck Close - Self-Portrait 2004 Nineteen-color handp Miami Art Museum American
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Chuck Close - Phil 1 1982 pressed pulp paper The Mint Museums American
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Chuck Close - Frank 1969 acrylic on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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Chuck Close - Keith 1970 acrylic on canvas Saint Louis Art Museum American
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Chuck Close - Phil/ Fingerprint 1981 Lithograph The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles American
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Chuck Close - Self-Portrait/Pulp 2001 Stenciled handmade p Miami Art Museum American
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Chuck Close - Fanny/Fingerpainting 1985 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Chuck Cave Nada Mas Lithograph 1974
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Chuck Cave Death in the Family Lithograph 1974
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Greg Irons Bill Graham Presents (193) Chuck Berry; Aum, Fillmore West, 9/25-28/69 lithograph 1969
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Jim Blashfield Bill Graham Presents (78) Count Basie; Chuck Berry, Fillmore Auditorium, 8/15-21/67 lithograph 1967
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Lee Conklin Bill Graham Presents (135) Chuck Berry; Steve Miller Band, Fillmore West, 9/5-7/68 lithograph 1968
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Wes Wilson Bill Graham Presents (55) Chuck Berry; Grateful Dead, Winterland, 3/17-18/67, Fillmore Auditorium lithograph 1967
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Jacob Maris - Close of Day n.d. oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Dutch
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Bonnie MacLean Bill Graham Presents (99) "Six Days of Sound" Doors; Chuck Berry, Winterland, 12/26-31/67 lithograph 1967
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David Singer San Francisco Rock Poster: Bill Graham Presents, It's A Beautiful Day; Chuck Berry; Fillmore West, 3/19-22/70 color lithograph 1970
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Lucas Cranch the Elder - The Close of the Silver Age c. 1530 oil on oak The National Gallery, London German
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Randy Tuten Bill Graham Presents (158) Chuck Berry; Jam (Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites, Mark Naftalin, and Friends), Fillmore West, 1/30-2/2/69 lithograph 1969
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Greg Irons San Francisco Rock Poster: Bill Graham Presents, Chuck Berry; Eric Burdon and the Animals; Fillmkore Auditorium, 6/27-7/2/67 color lithograph 1967
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David Singer San Francisco Rock Poster: Bill Graham Presents, Chuck Berry; Chicago Transit Authority; Fillmore West, 8/12-17/69 color lithograph 1969
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Leon Gaspard - Russian Bridge, Close of Day 1922 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Thomas Annan - Close No. 193 High Street 1868 photogravure Cincinnati Art Museum British
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John Christopher Wood - La Ville-Close, Concarneau, Brittany 1930 oil on millboard The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Cindy Sherman - Untitled Film Still #53 (Blonde: Close-Up with Lamp) 1980 black and white phot Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College American
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John Constable - Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close 1820 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Jean Dubuffet - Le Villageois aux Cheveux Ras (The Villager with Close-Cropped Hair) 1947 oil on canvas Des Moines Art Center French
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Albany E. Howarth Advocate's Close, Edinburgh Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Chuck Close Working proof 4 for Leslie 20th century
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Chuck Close Working proof 2 for Leslie 20th century
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Chuck Close Working proof 1 for Leslie 20th century
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Chuck Close Working proof 3 for Leslie 20th century
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Chuck Close Self-Portrait (White ink on black paper) Etching 1978
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Chuck Close Self-Portrait, White on Black Etching 1978
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Chuck Close Working proof 1 from test plate 1 for Self-Portrait (unpublished) Etching 1977
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Chuck Close Working proof 1 for Keith mezzotint 1972
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Chuck Close Self-Portrait, Black on White Etching 1977
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Chuck Close Self-Portrait, Black on White Etching 1977
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Chuck Close Working proof 1 for Self-Portrait Etching and aquatint 1977
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Chuck Close Working proof 2 for Self-Portrait Etching and aquatint 1977
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Chuck Close Working proof 2 from test plate 2 for Self-Portrait (unpublished) Etching 1977
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Chuck Close Working proof 5 from test plate for Keith Mezzotint 1972
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Chuck Close Working proof 6 from test plate for Keith Mezzotint 1972
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Chuck Close Working proof 3 from test plate for Keith Mezzotint 1972
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Chuck Close Working proof 4 from test plate for Keith Mezzotint 1972
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Chuck Close Working proof 1 from test plate for Keith Mezzotint 1972
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Chuck Close Working proof 2 from test plate for Keith Mezzotint 1972
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Chuck Close Leslie Color woodcut printed on Echizen Kozo Nimai-Zuki paper 1986
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Chuck Close Keith (Trial Proof ) mezzotint with roulette on Rives BFK paper 1972
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Charles Stanley Reinhart The Close of the Winter Campaign - p.348 Harper's Weekly 5 May 1877 wood engraving 19th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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Heinz Trokes In Erdnahe (Close to Earth). From the series of ten etchings, all of them artist's proofs. etchings 20th century
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C.C. Kuchel Return of the Procession at the Close of the Festival, Weaverville, Trinity County, California color lithograph 1860
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Maurice Potin Dans le salon d'une maison close from the set accompanying the book, La maison Tellier by Guy de Maupassant (Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1934) Aquatint with roulette over photogravure 1934
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Plate with Saint Peter (Piatto)
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William Richardson Sawley Abbey: Gateway to the Abbey Close, on page [67], and fifty-third plate in the book, The Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire (York: Robert Sunter, 1843-[1855]) Color lithograph on text page 1855
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (close up of face), sixteenth image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]) woodcut 1960
Museum of Fine Arts -
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Man Wearing a Close Cap: Bust (The Artist"s Father?)
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled (close up of face), sixteenth image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]) woodcut 1960
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
George Washington, 1795 Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)AmericanOil on canvas; 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (76.8
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Large Butterburr Leaves and Grass
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled(close view of face ),seventh plate in the book A Vision of Thoreau. With his 1849 essay: Civil Disobedience ([New York: Spiral Press, 1965]) woodcut on Goyu paper 1965
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George Cruikshank Sir John Falstaff Thrown into the Muddy Ditch Close by the Thames Side, plate 16 opposite page 188 in the book The Life of Sir John Falstaff by Robert B. Brough (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858) etching 1858
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Thomas Annan Close, No. 118 High Street, plate 6 from the book, Photographs of the Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow 1868-1877 (Glasgow: Glasgow City Improvement Trust, 1878-1879) Carbon print from a collodion-glass negative 1878
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled(close view of head ),sixth plate in the book A Vision of Thoreau. With his 1849 essay: Civil Disobedience ([New York: Spiral Press, 1965]) woodcut on Goyu paper 1965
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait bust of a bearded man, ca. A.D. 150–175; Antonine RomanMarble; H. 22 in. (55.9
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled(close view of partial head )eighth plate in the book A Vision of Thoreau. With his 1849 essay: Civil Disobedience ([New York: Spiral Press, 1965]) woodcut on Goyu paper 1965
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Antonio Frasconi Untitled( close view of dark face) tenth plate in the book A Vision of Thoreau. With his 1849 essay: Civil Disobedience ([New York: Spiral Press, 1965]) woodcut on Goyu paper 1965
Museum of Fine Arts -
Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917 La Sieste (Scène de maison close) 1878-80 Monotype in black ink
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Self-Portrait
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Street Fair Booth (Fête du Trône)
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Frank Tengle
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Coney Island
Museum of Fine Arts -
Portrait bust of an old man, probably inspired by a portrait of a famous Roman
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Two Deer Pursued by Hounds
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Hector and Sugar
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Close to Exekias Amphora Vase Greek Archaic Period, about 540–530 B.C. Greece, Attica, (Athens) Ceramic,
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Woman Reading to a Girl
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Pair of Side Chairs
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Portrait of a Man
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Collage
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Lilies
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Place Saint-Médard
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Morning, Interior, 1890 Maximilien Luce (French, 1858-1941)Oil on canvas; 25 1/2 x 31 7/8 in.

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Brooklyn Museum of Art: Public Programs - Impressionists in Winter
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Hoxton Distillery: Close to You: Photography by Tom Gleeson and Claudine Hartzel
Tom Gleeson's video and photographic work turns to the cinematic excesses of romantic love and to how this language informs communication. A series of photographs of sleeping friends and lovers fill one wall of Hoxton Distillery, while a video rec...
PS1 Contemporary Art Center: Katharina Sieverding: Close Up
Katharina Sieverding: Close Up focuses on the cinematic aspect of Sieverding's photographic work, notably her large-scale self-portraits, which compose a significant portion of her oeuvre. Employing the close-up to challenge conceptions of the rel...
Hong Kong Museum of Art: The Literati Exchange: Wu School Painting and Calligraphy from the Xubaizhai Collection
Through the works of the Wu School selected from the Xubaizhai Collection, this thematic exhibition gives us some impressions of the life styles and close associations within the Suzhou literati circle. The Museum has published...
Ohio Art League: Francis Schanberger: The Close-up World of Dr. Frangst
Both their desks are in a constant state of chaos: covered with stacks of photographs, files, equipment and photographic debris, heaped like autumn leaves. Both must focus so intently on their research that the edges of their vision blur into vign...
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
Also displayed are other intaglios and woodcuts, lithographs, silk-screen prints, linoleum cuts, and selected print matrixes, such as woodblocks and etching plates. The exhibition includes a number of progressive proofs and state proofs of certai...
Carnegie Museum of Art: Regarding Alex Katz
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Gallery of Photography: The Close Season by Ken Grant
Such a framework is a key to the work contained within The Close Season by Ken Grant, his moving portrayal of changing Liverpool communities. With understated eloquence and celebration of detail, Grant has found an ability to deal with the di...
Chinese Arts Centre: Far Away, So Close: Paintings by Guo Wei & He Duoling
Reflecting on his training in drawing Guo Wei’s work, with its focus on aspects of everyday life, pays close attention to movement and posture. In his latest series he once again takes teenagers as the subject, capturing what he calls their ‘restl...
Gallery111: Request for submissions
Collaborative efforts between poets, musicians and artists are supported. The opening date of our first exhibition is 6:00pm Saturday 1st April 2000. This group show will be a reflection of the ideals and aesthetics of the gallery. A...
Worcester Art Museum: Chuck Close
Organized by Susan Stoops, curator of Contemporary Art at the Worcester Art Museum, Chuck Close features four major canvases from the past decade, including imag...
National Portrait Gallery: Rollie McKenna: Artists and Writers
Born in Texas in 1918, McKenna began her photographic career at the age of 30, when she purchased her first camera on a visit to Paris. Her travels in Europe and America and her work for Time and Life magazines as a researcher exposed her to the p...
Singapore Art Museum: Botero in Singapore: Monumental Sculpture and Painting
Before the larger-than-life monumental sculptures are unveiled to the public, we invite you to a special viewing session at the Helu-Trans Warehouse on 24 November at 10am, where 17 solid bronze nude sculptures await.  The largest of the sculpture...
Victoria and Albert Museum: Close Encounters of the Art Kind: Work By Tania Kovats, Langlands and Bell, Sarah Lucas, Keir Smith, Richard Wilson, Bill Woodrow
Close Encounters of the Art Kind is devised by the innovative curator/artist, Colin Painter. Pioneering projects at the National Gallery (At Home with Constable's Cornfield, 1996) and Tate Britain (At Home With Art, 1999-2000) built on Painter's y...
ShanghArt: Hu Yang's: Shanghai Living
WEI Yufang (Shandongese, Vendor) We have miserable life. Battercake and salted vegetable for every meal, accompanied by plain water. When the kids cry for meat dishes, I just cook an egg. As long as it is not rainy, I go out and do my busin...
ShanghArt: Gallerist is Not Here: Solo Show by Zhou Tiehai
Honestly speaking, there is no close link among those different themed renderings, which proves that he is active in exploring Chinese culture and spirit from totally different angles. Like his “Female Movie Stars of the 1980s”, the beautiful face...
Carrara Academy Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art: Caravaggio - the light in Lombard painting
This is the first time that so many works from all over the world are collected together to illustrate an original interpretation of the work of Caravaggio connected to the figurative culture of his native land, Lombardy. Please, leave also yo...
Historical Museum of Vienna: Changes of View and Close-Up - Women Artists in Austria
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Network Gallery: PhotoSensitive Unveils AIDS in Africa Project
Founded in 1990, PhotoSensitive brings together the photographic talents of a number of Toronto-based professional photographers to harness the power of the camera to achieve social goals. Each photograph...
Boston University Art Gallery: The Crafted Image: 19th-Century Techniques in Contemporary Photography
There are two workshops being offered: Rebirth of the Daguerreotype by Jerry Spagnoli and An Intimate Look at Cyanotypes with Jesseca Ferguson. There will be a gallery talk with curator Karen Haas at 1 PM on Wednesday, January 31. ...
Jane Haslem Gallery: A Century of American Woodcuts
Artists included are Antonio Frasconi, Gustave Baumann, Mauricio Lasansky, Franceso Clemente, Helen Hyde, A. Dow, and Chuck Close. The Jane Haslem Gallery is located at 2025 Hillyer Place NW in Washington DC, USA. Tel: 202.232.4644 Fax: 20...
Stamford Museum & Nature Center: SUSAN KAPROV: Nature...last modified
Each image is a complex still-life tableau, meticulously constructed layer by layer from the partial sections of living plants and flowers. At first glance, the vibrantly colored prints appear almost obsessively ordered: close-up, they are transform...
National Gallery of Canada: Close-Ups: Prints and Drawings by PUDLO PUDLAT
Pudlo Pudlat (1916-1992) used drawing as a means of thinking on paper. Those thoughts frequently explored the themes of architecture, technology and transportation as they related to the changing North. However, even at the earliest stages of ...
American-Scandinavian Foundation: Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America
The Need and The Vision Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America will present Scandinavian culture and achievements, economic and political issues and many other facets of life in Nordic countries to a varied and often influen...
Association of Photographers Gallery: 02 Photographic Images of 2002
Another showcase for the exceptional talent that comprises the membership of the AOP, the End of Year Show 2002 stems from an invitation to members to submit the images that they have taken over the year that they feel most proud of. The diversity...
Fondazione Peano: C'era: 19 candles, 1 sculpture by Domenico Olivero
A traditional copper vessel named candisuar will be used, and 19 candles will slowly burn in it, each one with its own shape and size. During the happening some objects, given as gifts by some close friends, will be inserted into the vessel. They...
Studio 77: Uwe Pfaff 2003
A cast of many, their way illuminated by candles, parades endlessly around the formats constructed by Uwe Pfaff in his recent steel cut-out works. But while the characters - humans, angels, fish, serpents and various hybrid creatures - and the set...
Tate Gallery: Art Now
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Whitechapel Project Space: Mie Miyamoto: Section(s)
Starting at her home in Nathaniel Close, E1, Mie walked a 17.6 kilometre long East-West trek across London concluding in Argyle Road, W13. She sees the recordings of this journey as a means of pasting and repairing pavement culture. The...
Institute of Modern Art: 3 EXHIBITIONS......1 LOCATION
Since 1991, Indigenous artists Brenda L. Croft and Destiny Deacon have exhibited their work alongside one another in various exhibitions, strengthening a friendship which stems from early days in indigenous affairs, government and community or...

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