Monday, September 10, 2012

Tracy recommends "Face Book"

Chuck Close is famous for his portraits of faces, but he has a disability called prosopagnosia which means face blindness.  He can’t recall who people are when he sees their faces.  He has dyslexia, so he was not a good reader or good at math.  So how does he paint faces?  This book talks about his process for art.  In the middle there is a section of flip pages that go through his self-portraits in different mediums.  It is a fascinating book.  I would recommend it for anyone interested in art, people overcoming a disability or interested in Chuck Close’s life.

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