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Prestel Publishing
April 2010
On Sale: April 1, 2010
Featuring: Chuck Close
352 pages
ISBN: 3791336770
EAN: 9783791336770
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
This is the first book to tell the inspiring story of near
tragedy and ultimate triumph behind the dazzling work of one
of today's most respected and best-loved artists. Chuck Close is one of the most acclaimed American artists to
emerge since Andy Warhol. His larger-than-life portraits
look out from the walls of museums and galleries around the
globe. His virtuosity and variety of technique, combined
with the ambition and accessibility of his chosen subject
matter the portrait re-invented on a heroic scale has made
him a great favorite with the public and has won him the
respect of his peers. Chuck Close has achieved fame, yet his
full story has never been told until now. Author Christopher Finch has known Close since the late
1960s when the artist was creating his first masterpieces in
an unheated SoHo loft. Finch chronicles Close s childhood
battles with illness and dyslexia and his rise to the
pinnacle of the art world. At the age of 48 he was struck
down by an occluded spinal artery that left him a partial
quadriplegic. With extraordinary determination, Close
overcame this potentially career-ending disability, not only
learning to paint again but producing work of extraordinary
richness that equals or surpasses his previous achievements.
With style and authority, Finch reveals the human reality
behind Close s visually eloquent but eternally silent portraits.
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