{"product_id":"chuck-close-prints-process-and-collaboration-9780691115764","title":"Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration","description":"\u003cp\u003eChuck Close--a man who describes himself as \"an artist looking for trouble\"--has for three decades consistently but variously challenged the accepted boundaries of the printmaking tradition. Published to accompany a retrospective of his prints opening at Blaffer Gallery and traveling to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and several additional museums around the country  this is the first comprehensive survey of Closes revolutionary prints.  Featuring exquisite reproductions of the prints together with essays on Closes career and in-depth interviews with the artist and his master printmakers  the volume blends words and images to give readers unique insight into the creative process. The text highlights the intensely collaborative nature of Closes project and looks into the challenges posed by the unprecedented huge scale he prefers. Close may labor on a single print for as long as two years  working out aesthetic problems that might involve the retrieval of a centuries-old European method on one day and the creation of an entirely new technique (such as applying sunscreen to block light) the next. \"Prints have moved me in my unique work more than anything else has \" Close says. \"Prints change the way I think about things.?  From the artists ambitious first mezzotint to his recent pulp-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 Americas most important living artists.  EXHIBITION SCHEDULE:  Blaffer Gallery  the Art Museum of the University of Houston  September 13-November 23  2003  The Metropolitan Museum of Art  New York  January 13-April 18  2004  Miami Art Museum  Florida  May 14-August 22  2004  Knoxville Museum of Art  Tennessee  October 29  2004-March 27  2005  Mint Museum of Art  Charlotte  North Carolina  April 16-August 7  2005  Addison Gallery of American Art  Andover  Massachusetts  September 6-December 4  2005  Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth  Texas  April 16-June 28  2006  Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison  Wisconsin  July 29 - October 6  2006  Orange County Museum of Art  Newport Beach  CA  January 28-April 20  2007  Boise Art Museum  Idaho  May 12-August 11  2007  Portland Art Museum  Oregon  September-December 2007\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67907676536885,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691115761","price":249.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691115764.jpg?v=1793898346","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/chuck-close-prints-process-and-collaboration-9780691115764","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}