Description:
A Couple of Ways of Doing Something features fifteen of Chuck Close’s delicately intimate daguerreotypes (including striking enlargements) of leading contemporary artists, paired with Bob Holman’s witty and beautifully typeset poems. As individual portraits, each daguerreotype offers an intimate and immensely revealing study of the subject, extending the hyperrealist tradition of portraiture for which Close is renowned. In keeping with the exhibition title, Chuck Close, as curator, has included examples of his other works taken from each daguerreotype in a variety of media, including tapestries and photogravures. The collected work becomes a transfixing group portrait of Close’s influential and highly creative circle of friends and colleagues—from Andres Serrano to Cindy Sherman—as well as an exploration of challenging photographic mediums. This exhibition provides the perfect opportunity to include supplemental works from your institutions own collection.

This project was made possible, in part, through the generous support of Lannan Foundation and Carey C. Shuart.

Contents:
The exhibition consists of fifteen daguerreotype portraits in cases, twenty digital pigment prints accompanied by poems by Bob Holman, seven tapestries, and two photogravures. The show requires approximately 310 feet of running wall space.

Book:
A Couple of Ways of Doing Something
Photographs by Chuck Close
Poems by Bob Holman
Interview with Chuck Close and Bob Holman by Lyle Rexer
11 3/8 x 14 7/8 in.
56 pages
22 tritone images
Clothbound
$50.00

Participation Fee:
Please call Annette Booth at (212) 946-7128.
$14,500 for an 8-week showing. The host venue is responsible for pro-rated shipping and insurance.

Availability:
The exhibition is available through 2013.

Current Venue List:

• Art Gallery of Ontario
  317 Dundas Street West
  Toronto, ON
  Friday, April 27 – Friday, September 7, 2007
• Tacoma Art Museum
  1701 Pacific Avenue
  Tacoma, WA
  Saturday, March 1 – Saturday, May 24, 2008
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  Alameda 340, piso 3
  Santiago, Chile
  Wednesday, October 1 – Wednesday, November 26, 2008
• Louisiana Art and Science Museum
  100 S. River Road
  Baton Rouge, LA
  Saturday, January 17 – Sunday, March 15, 2009
• Sonoma County Museum
  425 7th Street
  Santa Rosa, CA
  Tuesday, June 2 – Sunday, August 2, 2009
• Ball State University Museum of Art
  Riverside Avenue at Warwick Road
  Muncie, IN
  Thursday, January 14 – Sunday, March 14, 2010
• Joseloff Gallery, Hartford University
  200 Bloomfield Avenue
  West Hartford, CT
  Wednesday, April 14 – Sunday, June 27, 2010
• Arkansas Arts Center
  501 East 9th Street
  Little Rock, AR
  Friday, April 29 – Sunday, June 26, 2011
• Loveland Museum Gallery
  503 N. Lincoln Avenue
  Lincoln, CO
  Saturday, October 1, 2011 – Sunday, January 1, 2012
• Wichita Art Museum
  1400 West Museum Boulevard
  Wichita, KS
  Sunday, January 29 – Sunday, April 15, 2012
• Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
  400 N. Ashley Drive, Cube 200
  Tampa, FL
  Thursday, January 31 – Sunday, March 31, 2013