No. 48
CHUCK CLOSE - Eye to Eye (c) 1998
running time: 35 minutes
DVD/VHS

On this program we look at the extraordinary career of CHUCK CLOSE, an artist, who for thirty years, has been making fascinating portraits of his family and friends. We see a selection of his work from his last two shows at the Pace-Wildenstein Gallery and visit the artist in his downtown studio where he is seen making a portrait of Robert Rauschenberg. Included are interviews with fellow artists JANET FISH, APRIL GORNIK, KENT FLOETER . Also included are interviews with his first art dealer KLAUS KERTESS, critic/poet JOHN YAU and ROBERT STORR, organizer of Close's retrospective at MoMA.