"CHUCK CLOSE PRINTS: PROCESS AND COLLABORATION" par Terrie SULTAN & Richard SHIFF. Editions Princeton University Press en collaboration avec Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston. 2003. Imprimé en Italie. in-4, dos droit, couverture souple cartonnée photo. 160 pages. Texte en anglais, introduction par Terrie Sultan suivie de "Through a Slow Medium" par Richard Siff, illustré de très nombreuses reproductions photographiques in-texte et hors texte, 110 en couleurs et 38 en couleurs. Ouvrage réalisée dans le cadre de l'exposition éponyme itinérante qui débuta à la avec Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, du 13 Septembre au 23 Novembre 2003.

 

"For three decades, Chuck Close has challenged the accepted boundaries of the printmaking tradition. This book, published to accompany a retrospective of his pints organized by the avec Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, and traveling to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and several traditional museums around the country, is the first comprehensive survey of Close's revolutionary prints. Featuring exquisite reproductions of the prints together with essay on Close's career and in-depth interviews with the artist and his master printmakers, Chuck Close Prints highlights the intensely collaborative nature of Close's projects. Close may labor on a single print for as long as two years, working out aesthetic problems by retrieving a centuries-old European method or creating an entirely new technique (such as applying sunscreen to block light). According to Close, "Prints have move me in my unique work more than anything else has". From the artist's ambitious first mezzotint to his recent pup-paper multiples, this book chronicles the genius of Chuck Close in the medium in which he has done his most exciting work. Taken together, these prints constitute a remarkable self-portrait of the creative drive, vision, and intellect of one of America's most important living artists."

 

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