"Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience."
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Chuck Close, an iconic American painter and photographer, was born on July 5, 1940, in Monroe, Washington. Renowned for his large-scale, photo-realist portraits, Close's innovative techniques and distinctive style transformed contemporary art. Despite facing the challenges of a spinal artery collapse in 1988 that left him partially paralyzed, he continued to create captivating works through adaptive methods and a resilient spirit. Close's legacy endures not only in his art but also in his profound influence on generations of artists who strive to push boundaries in visual expression.
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"There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed, and a high correlation between left-handedness and learning disabilities."
Chuck Close"A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it."
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"Sculpture occupies real space like we do... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object."
Chuck Close"In the 7th grade, I made a 20-foot long mural of the Lewis and Clark Trail while we were studying that in history because I knew I wasn't going to be able to spit back the names and the dates and all that stuff on a test."
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