Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Mark (1978-1979)

                                                                 Mark (1978-1979)

Mark is a photorealist painting that took 14 months for Chuck Close to complete. It is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is an acrylic on canvas. The picture on the left is a full view of the painting and on the right is a detailed view of the eye. Mark was made from a series of airbrushed layers that imitate CMYK color printing. CMYK is the use of four colors of ink used in some color printing. After looking at the detail on the eye of this painting it is amazing to know that it only contains four different colors. From this painting you can see that Chuck Close is very good at taking a photograph and turning it into a detailed portrait.

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