Visual Art Alternatively, On Mother’s Day: Chuck Close
posted by on May 9 at 10:47 AM
Chuck Close’s Self-Portrait (2006), 103 by 79 inches, jacquard tapestry based on a daguerreotype
In next week’s paper, I’ve got a piece coming out about Chuck Close, who right now has a show at Tacoma Art Museum with the poet (and his old friend) Bob Holman. But before that, this weekend, Close will be in town, at the Pantages Theater in Tacoma, giving an informal talk with Holman (Sunday at 2 pm), and the two of them together are said to be something like Laurel and Hardy, so get down there. (“It’s a dog and pony show, and I’m not sure whether I’m the dog or the pony,” Close told me.)
Links here to video of Close’s interview with Charlie Rose in
2007 and audio of Holman reading “Elizabeth Murray,” the praise poem he wrote for his wife.
The word "genius" gets thrown around a lot, but in Close's case it's true. He is possessed by a spirit of exceptional ability and intelligence. And the dude kept working even when paralyzed from the neck down! A genius! Sadly I'll miss this talk, but I'm looking forward to your report.
I'm gonna agree with Gurldoggie here. Close is a maniac of ideas. Daguerrotypes are a cool idea; running them through a jacquard loom -- one of the coolest things ever invented -- is sublime.
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