Chuck Close Photographs
Date and Time
Friday Sep 11, 2015 Sunday Dec 6, 2015
September 11 ? December 6, 2015 Opening Reception: September 10, 5:00 ? 7:00 p.m.
Location
University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst, 151 Presidents Drive
Fees/Admission
Open to the Public
Website
https://fac.umass.edu/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=ChuckClose
Contact Information
Eva Fierst (413) 545-1176
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Description
Chuck Close is one of the most important figures in contemporary art, renowned for more than five decades for his portrait paintings. At the same time he has investigated, experimented and explored another subject with equal virtuosity: photography. Chuck Close Photographs is a comprehensive survey of significant scope, exploring how the artist has stretched the boundaries of photographic means, methods, and approaches throughout his career. It includes 129 photographs spanning from 1968 to the present, ranging from black and white portraits to monumentally scaled composite Polaroids, to intimately scaled daguerreotypes. For the first time in his extensive exhibition history, this project delves deeply into the full range of his photographic works.
