Umculi odumile uChuck Close kubikwa ukuthi udlule emhlabeni eneminyaka engama-81 ngoLwesine, 19 Agasti 2021. Izindaba ze ukufa kuqinisekiswe ngummeli wakhe, uJohn Silberman, obalule ukuthi lo mculi uthathe umoya wakhe wokugcina esibhedlela e-Oceanside, eNew York.
Imbangela yokushona kwakhe yamenyezelwa ngu-Adriana Elgarresta, onguMqondisi Wezokuxhumana Komphakathi ePace Gallery. Kubikwa ukuthi uveze ukuthi uChuck Close udlule emhlabeni ngenxa yokucinana kwenhliziyo. Abahlonishwayo umdwebi futhi umthwebuli wezithombe wabuye watholwa ukuthi une-lobe dementia yangaphambili ngo-2015.
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U-Arne Glimcher, uSihlalo wePace Gallery, naye umemezele ukushona komculi ngesitatimende esisemthethweni:
Ngiphatheke kabi ngokulahleka komunye wabangane bami engibathanda kakhulu nabadwebi abakhulu besikhathi sethu. Iminikelo yakhe ayinakuqhathaniswa nempumelelo yobuciko bekhulu lama-20 nelama-21.
Waziwa ngemidwebo yakhe yezithombe zobuciko nobuciko besimanje, uChuck Close wahlushwa yi-prosopagnosia noma wabhekana nobumpumputhe kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe. Umdwebi kubikwa ukuthi ubalule lesi simo njengesizathu sokwenza kwakhe ukufaka imininingwane eyinkimbinkimbi ekubusweni kobuso.
Ngesikhathi esemncane, uChuck Close kwatholakala ukuthi une-nephritis, isifo esibi sezinso esasimenza angangeni esikoleni esiphakathi cishe unyaka. Ubuye futhi waphathwa yi-dyslexia engatholakali kanye nesimo se-neuromuscular.
Ngo-1988, uChuck Close wahlaselwa isifo sohlangothi somgogodla esamshiya esesimeni esicishe sibe yiziqu ezine. Kutholakale ukuthi unegazi elinzima emgogodleni nelihlala esihlalweni esinamasondo.
Kodwa-ke, ngosizo lwedivayisi ekhethekile yokubamba ibhulashi enamathiselwe esandleni sakhe, eyinganekwane umculi Iqhubekile nokwakha ubuciko.
Ukubuka impilo nefa likaChuck Close
UChuck Vala nge-Big Self-Portrait (Isithombe nge-Instagram / tharealchuckclose)
yini umunyu kumuntu
UChuck Close wazalelwa uLeslie noMildred Close ngomhlaka 5 Julayi 1940 eWashington. Yize ubaba wakhe adlula emhlabeni eneminyaka engu-11 nje kuphela, umama wakhe waqhubeka nokuxhasa ukuthanda kwakhe ubuciko nokudweba.
Wathweswa iziqu e-University of Washington School of Art ngo-1962. Wabe esethola iziqu ze-bachelor's and master's kwezobuciko obuhle e-Yale University. Ubuye wafunda e-Academy of Fine Arts Vienna ngezifundo zeFulbright.
Uqale ukufundisa e-University of Massachusetts kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wathuthela eNew York ngo-1967. umndeni amalungu, abangane abaseduze nabanye abaculi.
Wakha umdwebo ovelele kakhulu womsebenzi wakhe owaziwa ngokuthi yiBig Self-Portrait ngo-1968. Wakha eminye imidwebo eminingi esebenzisa inqubo efanayo efaka izithombe zikaPhilip Glass, uJoe Zucker noRichard Sierra.
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U-Chuck Close wenyukela ekudumeni ngemidwebo yakhe ye-monochrome, enemininingwane ethe xaxa futhi ikhulisiwe ngamamitha ayisishiyagalolunye emidwebo yama-mugshot. Kuthiwa imidwebo yezithonjana ihlala ingabonakali kusuka ezithombeni ezijwayelekile ngisho nangemva kokukhiqizwa kabusha kwencwadi yobuciko egcwele.
Wayaziwa futhi ngamasu akhe ehlukile e-airbrush. Isitayela sakhe se-airbrush sisebenze futhi njengesikhuthazo ekwakhiweni kwephrinta ye-inkjet. Vala imibala efakiwe emidwebeni yakhe phakathi nawo-1970.
uhlala kuphi umnumzane isilo
Usebenzise inhlanganisela eyingqayizivele yemibala ye-CMYK ukudala imidwebo yoqobo yesiteleka. Lesi sithombe esibizwa ngokuthi uMark, umdwebo womngani wakhe, uMark Greenwold wasebenza njengesinye sezibonelo ezinhle zalesi sitayela. Lo mfanekiso ubekwe eMetropolitan Museum of Art.
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Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, uChuck Close wazama izindlela ezahlukahlukene zokudweba njengeyinki, i-pastel, i-watercolor, i-graphite, ikrayoni, ukudweba ngomunwe nokudweba isitembu ephepheni. Uphinde wafaka isandla kumasu wokumaka wokuphrinta afana nokusikwa kwezinkuni, i-linocuts, i-etching, i-mezzotint, i-silkscreens ne-Polaroid ne-Jacquard tapestries, phakathi kokunye.
Ngemuva kokuthola impumelelo enkulu ngemidwebo yakhe efingqiwe, waphinde wazama izindlela ezingagundiwe, izindlela zegridi yombala ye-CMYK nezitayela zemephu yesimo sendawo. UChuck Close uphinde wethula imisebenzi evelele futhi wamela ubuciko bakhe kweminye imibukiso emikhulu emhlabeni.
Ngaphandle kobuhlakani bakhe ngendwangu, uChuck Close uphinde waveza ubuhlakani bakhe ngemuva kwekhamera, nezithombe zakhe zamenza wahlonishwa ngokulingana.
Ku-2017, lo mculi obukwayo wasolwa ngezinsolo zokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi ngabesifazane abane. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wasilungisa lesi simo waxolisa ngokuziphatha kwakhe. Odokotela baphinde bathi ukuziphatha okungafanele ngokocansi kubangelwa ukuxilongwa kwakhe yi-Alzheimer.
Uthole amadigri okuhlonipha angaphezu kwama-20 eYale University. Waphinde wathola iMedali Yezobuciko Kazwelonke kuBill Clinton ngo-2000. Wayengumamukeli weNew York State Governor’s Art Award kanye neSkowhegan Arts Medal, phakathi kwabanye.
UChuck Close wakhethwa eNational Academy of Design ngo-1990. Waphinde waqokwa njengomculi weKhomishini Yezokweluleka Ngezindaba Zamasiko yiMeya yaseNew York, uMichael R. Bloomberg. Ngo-2010, waqokelwa ekomidini likaMengameli Wezobuciko Nobuntu nguBarack Obama.
UChuck Close washada nomfundi wakhe, uLeslie Rose ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe. Lo mbhangqwana uhlukanisile ngo-2011 bese wabelana ngamabili izingane ndawonye. Kubikwa ukuthi ushade nomculi uSienna Shields ngo-2013 kodwa laba bahlukana ngezinsuku ezimbalwa beshadile.
Ushiye amakhosikazi akhe angaphambilini, amadodakazi amabili nabazukulu abane. UChuck Close uyohlale ekhunjulwa ngomnikelo wakhe omkhulu kwezobuciko besimanje. Ifa lakhe lizokwaziswa ngabantu besikhathi sakhe kanye nezizukulwane ezizayo.
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