Exhibition Information Date:  July 24 - October 16, 2005 Place:  Target Gallery Date:  November 19, 2005 - February 28, 2006 Place:  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Address:  San Francisco, California Date:  March 25 - June 18, 2006 Place:  High Museum of Art Address:  Atlanta, Georgia Date:  July 22 - October 22, 2006 Place:  Albright-Knox Art Gallery Address:  Buffalo, New York View all associated images View this exhibition in the Walker Calendar
		Image: Chuck Close, Big Self-Portrait , 1967-1968 acrylic on canvas Collection Walker Art Center, Art Center Acquisition Fund, 1969

Celebrated as one of the most influential figurative painters of our time, Chuck Close has remained a vital presence by focusing exclusively on portraiture, a genre often under-recognized in contemporary art. Since the 1960s, Close has used his inimitable style of realistic painting to portray a wide range of subjects, including friends, family, fellow artists, and himself. This exhibition, co-organized by the Walker Art Center and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, focuses exclusively on Close's self-portraits in all of the media in which he works: painting, drawing, photography, collage, and printmaking. Including a broad array of examples from throughout Close's career, the exhibition provides a fascinating glimpse of an artist's self-examination through time, beginning with his first self-portrait acquired by the Walker in 1969.

A fully illustrated catalogue will feature essays by the exhibition curators and Doug Nickel, Director of the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona. Following its presentations in Minneapolis and San Francisco, the exhibition will tour to the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.

Curators: Siri Engberg (Walker), Madeleine Grynsztejn (SFMOMA)



Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and Margaret and Angus Wurtele.

	Artist Talk Opening-day Artist Talk: Chuck Close Sunday, July 24, 2005   2:00 pm
	Special Event Preview Party: See the Big Picture Saturday, July 23, 2005   9:00 pm to 12:00 am

A puzzle woven around a person http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/02/10/a-puzzle-woven-around-a-person/ Walker blogs, Off Center: General

CenterPoints 10.5 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/09/11/centerpoints-10-5/ Walker blogs, Off Center: Centerpoints

Centerpoints 4.1 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/?p=573 Walker blogs, Off Center: News

Navigating the Self http://visualarts.walkerart.org/detail.wac?id=2036&title=Articles Chuck Close discusses portraiture and the topography of the face

An Artist’s Museum http://visualarts.walkerart.org/detail.wac?id=2033&title=Articles Curator Siri Engberg discusses Close's relationship with the Walker

Exhibition Catalogue http://shop.walkerart.org/?ck=PAYWKGHUVD&pk=5ACB1F23AD&CatalogID=231§ion=Product&Details=5774723 The first comprehensive museum survey of Close's self-portraits, the exhibition catalogue offer a fascinating glimpse of an artist's self-examination and evolution over time and elucidate his unbounded, process-driven experimentation with media and techniques.

Centerpoints 5.9 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2007/04/20/centerpoints-59/ Walker blogs, Off Center: Centerpoints