Chuck Close: Red, Yellow and Blue: The Last Paintings Books founder of Pace Gallery

founder of Pace Gallery

Ranging from energetic landscapes like The Sea (1981) to vivid portraits such as Lola (1996)

Characterized by rainbow foil stamping on the cover board

appear alongside an essay by Barbara Knappmeyer that examines the artist’s renderings of the face in the context of facial recognition technology

and cutouts subverts the conventions of a book and reflect the artist’s exploration of technology

Chuck Close: Red, Yellow and Blue: The Last Paintings Books founder of Pace GalleryPublished on the occasion of Pace Gallery's first exhibition of his work since the artist's death in 2021, Chuck Close: Red, Yellow, and BlueThe Last Paintings spotlights Close's final body of paintings, which employ a palette of only three colors. Layering transparent glazes of red, yellow, and blue paint, Close created an effect of abstract likeness entirely different from that of his previous work. Alongside studio photography and images of Close's