In Ravenna, Chuck Close's mosaics displayed in an exhibition

An exhibition dedicated to the mosaics of Chuck Close (Monroe, Washington, 1940) opens from Oct. 5, 2019, to Jan. 12, 2020, at the Ravenna City Art Museum entitled, precisely, Mosaics.

A leading figure in contemporary art since the early 1970s, Chuck Close is an artist internationally famous for his portraits, painted on a monumental scale from photographs. Close has explored a wide range of techniques, processes and materials over the years until his use of mosaics following his involvement in the public art project for the New York City Subway. The Subway Portraits series consists of twelve works, in mosaic and ceramic, and was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Arts & Design program in 2017.

The exhibition curated by Daniele Torcellini presents the new series of mosaic works, flanked by related works such as prints, tapestries, and photographs, and also documents the work done by Mosaika Art and Design and Magnolia Editions to create the works installed in the Second Avenue-86th Street station in New York City.

For all information you can visit the official MAR website.

Pictured: Chuck Close, Lucas Blue

In Ravenna, Chuck Close's mosaics displayed in an exhibition

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