This is Chuck Close's Big Self Portrait, I saw this piece at the Walker Art Center and it really spoke to me. It reminds me of old photo. The contrast used in this acrylic painting is really intriguing, as well as it's large scale (107 1/2 x 83 1/2inches). It's interesting to me because Chuck Close is very well known for his block, hyper-realism portraits, where he uses the length of his fingers as a sort-of pixel size. Although, this portrait is much more detailed.
If Close had any intention with this I believe it would have to do with unkept realistic lifestyle. He isn't trying to glamorize anything, it's very honest.
Chuck Close, Big Self Portrait. 1968. Acrylic on canvas.
Walker Art Museum.
Image from Walker Art Center
http://calendar.walkerart.org/canopy.wac?id=5306
Chuck Close, Big Self Portrait. 1968. Acrylic on canvas.
Walker Art Museum.
Image from Walker Art Center
http://calendar.walkerart.org/canopy.wac?id=5306
NIce start on the critical evaluation and description of the work, Angela. How else does this relate to Close's other work? Other painters? A little more research will make your writing very interesting.
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