tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11699317.post3199715495907754595..comments2023-12-11T05:54:55.792-05:00Comments on PIZZA TEEN!: Chuck Close Discusses His Creative ProcessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11699317.post-89808991614524421272007-11-08T17:24:00.000-05:002007-11-08T17:24:00.000-05:00Yeah, I mean, like I said at the beginning, I resp...Yeah, I mean, like I said at the beginning, I respect him, but I am attracted to artwork which is mysterious and there is nothing mysterious about the end product for me.Lance Ehlershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447042443661666932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11699317.post-946361655560101582007-11-08T17:14:00.000-05:002007-11-08T17:14:00.000-05:00Yeah, the guy's a real jerk. You'd think his becom...Yeah, the guy's a real jerk. You'd think his becoming a quadriplegic would make him stop painting, but instead he kept on going, holding the paintbrush in his teeth. That's just stubborn. The man doesn't know when to quit. <BR/>Seriously, I think he earned all the respect he gets. His subjects are repetitive, agreed, but not his methods; He only played with photorealism a few years before he got bored with it (as any motivated artist would), and has experimented with the boundries of optics ever since. He's also always created his own work (unlike warhol, koons, or murakami, who are more like factory floor managers) and he's one of the greatest printmakers in history. He's more of a technician than an artist, maybe, but a very accomplished one.stexehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12878333751031091867noreply@blogger.com