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How Chuck Close’s Brain Influences His Art

January 26, 2012 by Marion Maneker

Chuck Close was a guest on Charlie Rose’s panel for the PBS host’s Brain Series. Beginning about 35 minutes into the video (though you’ll want to watch the whole thing) Close explains how his inability to recognize faces led to his art where he focuses on the artificiality of assembling an image by incremental units rather than the “realism” of a person’s face.

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