PaceWildenstein is pleased to present new paintings (2000-2002) by Chuck Close. The exhibition is comprised of eight, large-scale oil on canvas paintings including a self-portrait, two portraits of Close´s family members as well as artists Cecily Brown, Paul Cadmus, Robert Rauschenberg, James Siena, and Lisa Yuskavage.

A companion exhibition, organized by Pace/MacGill, of approximately 45 8”x10” daguerreotypes (2001-02) by Close simultaneously will be on view. A full color catalogue with an introductory essay by Kirk Varnedoe, resident art historian at the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, will accompany both exhibitions.

Having employed a variety of media throughout his career, Close has created a body of work that positions portraiture – and the careful rendering of the human face – as his primary subject of interest.

Text courtesy PaceWildenstein.