Chuck Close: Red, Yellow and Blue: The Last Paintings Books and Blue—The Last Paintings spotlights

and Blue—The Last Paintings spotlights Close's final body of paintings

appear alongside an essay by Barbara Knappmeyer that examines the artist’s renderings of the face in the context of facial recognition technology

and chalk on paper

essays by art historian Fanny Singer and artist and writer Juliana Halpert

playing host to a fluid group of artists who would make significant contributions to their fields

Chuck Close: Red, Yellow and Blue: The Last Paintings Books and Blue—The Last Paintings spotlightsPublished on the occasion of Pace Gallery's first exhibition of his work since the artist's death in 2021, Chuck Close: Red, Yellow, and BlueThe Last Paintings spotlights Close's final body of paintings, which employ a palette of only three colors. Layering transparent glazes of red, yellow, and blue paint, Close created an effect of abstract likeness entirely different from that of his previous work. Alongside studio photography and images of Close's