Freedom Of Abstract Expressionism By Chuck Close

Looking at his work Madame Matisse, it feels as though he is painting her face with different colors for a reason. Even both sides of the background were different colors. It’s almost as if he split the painting in half to represent different sides of Madame Matisse. In Notes of a Painter, published in 1908 he described colors and shapes as the equivalents of feelings rather than the counterparts

Psychologists take the effort to contrast the influences of people in regard to thinking, awareness, feelings, actions, attitudes, and behavior. Society tends to form responses from how one person’s actions ultimately causes various stereotypes and prejudices to be generated. Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram, discusses various subjects such as impression, stereotypes and prejudices, attribution, attitudes, social influence, attraction, obedience and authority, groups, and helping behavior. Milgram explains, “A person does not get to see the whole situation but only a small part of it, and is thus unable to act without some kind of over-all direction. He yields to authority but in doing so are alienated from his own actions.” (Milgram 11). In this passage, the author shows how in a workplace, people are given small and narrow jobs which is arguably taking away human qualities. Due to the fact that, workers cannot see the full overview of the job that is being done and can only see the specific job that was designated, forces the workers to comply with authority, with the concept in mind that the workers are inferior. This works in many cases, if someone is told a small portion of a project is designated to them, instead of the full project; the worker will feel more inferior to the superior workers, which is an astute way to run an operation. Milgram also discusses, “Within the experimental setting, we find the three elements: position, status and action. Position

Chuck Close was born on July 5, 1940 in Monroe, Washington. His father, Leslie Durward Close, was a sheet metal worker, and his mother Mildred Wagner was a trained pianist. Chuck Close’s hobbies as a kid where painting and art. Suffering from severe dyslexia, Close did poorly in school but found happiness in making art. After earning his MFA from Yale in 1964, Close turned out to be one of the most famous American art world by creating large-scale, photorealist portraits that

For most people, survival is just putting food on the table. In contrast, prisoners in the Holocaust had to worry about even getting food or even having shelter, like the Holocaust texts Night by Elie Wiesel and Maus by Art Spiegelman show vivid examples of how advice from others helped them survive. In life and death situations, others compassion will increase one’s chances of survival.

“The worst possible thing in the world can happen to you, and you will overcome it. You will be happy again.” This is a the quote of a very famous artist, Chuck Close, who suffered from diseases that made his life very hard, but there was one thing that kept him happy, that kept him going and that is art. Close was born July 5, 1940 in Monroe, Washington and is well known for his large scale, photo-realistic portrait paintings. He is a visual artist who used inventive techniques to paint the human face. He uses the grid method to divide the portraits that he’s painting into smaller units to keep them in proportion. While using the grid he thinks very methodically and precisely, every stroke he makes he can see the outcome or what part it plays in the bigger picture.

Have you ever heard of Chuck Close? If you haven’t, he is one of the most interesting artists you will ever learn about. He is most famous for making giant portraits of himself, and others such as famous people, and family members. He has overcome many obstacles in his life and it was not easy for him.

The painting shows man and nature in harmony. A clear sign that he focused mostly on drawing is the geometric forms used in the painting. He used very calm tonality to give it the calmness. His artwork and brushwork are very fluid and focused. This painting has no historical meaning because this painting was after his transition from historical to landscape. Instead of telling a story it is supposed to evoke a calm mood. The golden light contributes to its peacefulness. Now that I have explained both paintings individually, in the following paragraph I will talk about their differences and what makes them different.

In the late 1900’s the art world became even more evolved from Impressionism, Fauvism, Futurism, and Abstract styles of art. Neo-Expressionism, a style of painting, and some sculpture, which emerged in the early 1980s, usually characterized by a return to figuration in expressive, gestural, and sometimes brashly aggressive works. This art movement was mostly associated with artist from New York like Julian Schnabel, David Salle, and Eric Fischl (Artsy.com). Of these artist there was one African-American, by the name of Jean-Michel Basquiat, genius of his time, and currently one of the world’s most renounced artist. His shaky upbringing along with his feelings towards situations in his personal life and cultural issues during is time,

The freedom of expression is an idea that all humans want. However, the same people that cherish this freedom will try to regulate and infringe on the rights of others to express themselves. One of the main methods of expression is through the usage of written words. Many people try to censor words by banning books and documents. An example of this is Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus II. In this novel, Art describes his grandfather's experience in the infamous concentration camp known as Auschwitz. Spiegelman uses a graphic choice that turns nationalities/religions into specific animals and many other methods. Maus II should not be banned for its graphic choices because these decisions do not lessen the seriousness of the message, nor does it provide an image too dark for the audience

American artist Chuck Close was born in july5, 1940. He is still alive today at 77 years old. When he was younger he had a lot of challenges in life. When he was in school he was not good at math or reading because of his learning disability called dyslexia. The only thing he was good at was art and with the help and support of his parents he eventually Graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. and then received his M.A. from Yale University.

Lawrence used the cubist painting technique which used broad brushes and strong colourful paint to portray different points.

All these pieces have different designs in them. His use of color has to be significant so one piece does not overshadow the other pieces. Chuck Close is from Monroe, Washington. He lived there until he went to college at the University of Washington. After college at the University of Washington he went to Yale for a Masters in Fine Arts. He now lives in New York City and Long Island. Close has horrible learning disabilities which made school extremely hard for him. Art was the one thing that he could do. When he was 11 he got sick, he in bed for almost a year and art was always something he did. Both of Chucks parents were artist and growing up he was surrounded by art. His use of color helped the development of the inkjet printer. Close uses oil paints and large canvas. In general his works are very intricate. There are made up of lots of little pieces to make one large painting. One famous painting by Close is of the former president Bill Clinton. It is a portrait of the former president. This work is of the former president. It is made up of lots of different pieces, the background is mostly blue and red shapes in different designs. Movement is a constant piece throughout this piece because all pieces have different colors and different shapes inside of them. The meaning behind this piece and what the artist is trying to tell us is all the small details about Clinton's face. This artwork influences my views on art because it shows all the different colors in one small

Charles Thomas ‘Chuck’ Close was born an only child in 1940 Monroe, Washington to parents that both held a sight for artistic endeavors. He is known to everyone outside of his family as ‘Chuck,’ a name he has always hated. It was in high school where he made attempts at individuation that he started referring to himself as Chuck. Only by an accidental dubbing taken place during an interview in 1968 that this stuck as his professional art name. His father passed away when Chuck was eleven forcing him and his mother to move homes for the fifth time by the age of twelve. Growing up, Close showed difficulty in his academics and social life which led to being tested and diagnosed with dyslexia. Out of his learning disability it became apparent that he suffered from another disability known as prosopagnosia. Prosopagnosia is a condition in which he cannot recognize faces. He stated that “people I look at all look immediately familiar to me, but I have tremendous difficulty figuring out who it is and where I've seen them before. I never can memorize.” He developed his own system of memorizing by sensory deprivation and used art as a way to prove that he wasn't exaggerating his condition.

Chuck Close is a famous visual artist known for his ability to overcome challenges as well as his inventive artistic style. He is mainly recognized for his large scale, photo realistic portrait paintings. Close has been very successful with other methods such as printmaking, watercolor, finger painting, paper collage and pastels. He has degrees from extremely respected colleges despite his lack of educational interest in earlier life. Over the year Close has experienced tragic, life changing, health issues but has persevered and learned to overcome those challenges to continue to pursue his passion for the arts.

Abstract Expressionism is making its comeback within the art world. Coined as an artist movement in the 1940’s and 1950’s, at the New York School, American Abstract Expressionist began to express many ideas relevant to humanity and the world around human civilization. However, the subject matters, contributing to artists, were not meant to represent the ever-changing world around them. Rather, how the world around them affected the artist themselves. The works swayed by such worldly influences, become an important article within the artists’ pieces. Subjectively, looking inward to express the artist psyche, artists within the Abstract Expressionism movement became a part of their paintings. Making the paintings more of a representation