Top: Big Self Portrait 1967-8.
Bottom: Self Portrait 2002.
Two wildly different approaches to the genre by the same artist. Close began as a photorealist painter, creating hand-painted works that are virtually indistinguishable from photography. The work on the left shows the artist as a young man, hip and accomplished. His later work is more abstract, breaking the details of the human face into smaller segments. In the later painting, Close depicts himself in an extreme close up, his face more contemplative.
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