& Opening Reception/Party
Friday, November 04 - 7:00PM to 10:00PM
This event will take place at the Henry Art Gallery: 4100 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
This traveling exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of the photographic work by renowned American artist Chuck Close (born 1940), featuring over ninety photographic works from 1964 to the present. For this showing at the Henry, we are thrilled to include a selection of objects from local collections including key paintings, works on paper, and tapestry related to the photographs. Chuck Close Photographs represents the full range of the artist’s exploration of photography—from early black and white maquettes for his paintings to monumental composite Polaroids and intimately-scaled daguerreotypes.Known for depicting friends and family in his paintings, in photography Close expanded his interests to include images of public figures, flower studies, and nudes. This exhibition reveals the fundamental role photography has played in Close’s artistic practice for over five decades, and shows the breadth of his curiosity and spirit of innovation.Born in Monroe, WA, Close received a BA from the University of Washington (1962), and a BFA (1963) and MFA (1964) from Yale University. His work is included in major museum and private collections around the world.CREDITS
Chuck Close Photographs was developed by Terrie Sultan, Director, Parrish Art Museum, and Colin Westerbeck, independent curator. The exhibition is made possible, in part, by the generous support of the Lannan Foundation; Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation; Louise and Leonard Riggio; The Muriel F. Siebert Foundation; Pace Gallery, New York; Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman; Jennifer Rice and Michael Forman; Marie Josée and Henry R. Kravis; The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; Joseph M. Cohen; Andrea Krantz and Harvey Sawikin; Gretchen and Andrew McFarland; Arthur Loeb Foundation, and those who wish to remain anonymous donors. The presentation at the Henry is organized by Sylvia Wolf, John S. Behnke Director, with support from ArtsFund, The Boeing Company, the Lannan Foundation, and the T. William and Beatrice Booth Exhibition Fund.
Dialogue and critique are important to the SPE mission.
Please join the conversation.