Chuck Close “Self-Portrait, 2015, Print & Process”

Pace Prints Chelsea

[Image: Chuck Close, 8 progressive state proofs from Chuck Close, "Self-Portrait" (2015)]

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Pace Prints presents an exhibition that features Chuck Close’s complex woodcut Self-Portrait (2015) and the process behind its creation.

Self-Portrait (2015) was created over three years from 24 blocks that were used to render the image in 84 colors. The exhibition will include a selection of these woodblocks and progressive proofs together with the published print.

Throughout his career, Chuck Close has used his own image as a creative vehicle for his exploration of painting techniques and styles. Self-Portrait (2015) represents a significantly different facial perspective from earlier self portraits. The print was included in Chuck Close: Prints, Process and Collaboration at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.

Terrie Sultan, Director of the Parrish Art Museum, quotes Close in the introduction to her catalogue “Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration,” saying, “Virtually everything that happens in my unique work can be traced back to the prints.”