The American artist Chuck Close has died at the age of 81.
According to the Pace Gallery, where Close was a regular exhibitor, he died of heart failure in New York after a long illness. With his oversized portraits, Close was one of the most successful contemporary artists in the United States. He was particularly known for work that seemed psychedelic, for which he transferred photos in a grid-like grid onto the canvas. The faces are clearly visible from a distance, but at close range they blur into a pattern of pixels.
This message was broadcast on 08/21/2021 on Deutschlandfunk.
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