Art critic Jeanne Willette reviewed “Chuck Close: Face Forward” in the January edition of ArtScene. The show, drawn from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation, is on view at Pepperdine University‘s Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art through April 5th.
“Far more animated than the group of impassive and stoic self-portraits would suggest, Close makes work with wit, defying the anachronistic look of digital pixels, not to mention with a refutation of Warhol’s use of printmaking as indifference — these prints are made by hand and with a personal touch,” Willette writes of the exhibition.
Read the full review.