Chuck Close at the White Cube Gallery was my favourite exhibition that we attended

because it was the only exhibiting that show me an insight of how an artist would work from

scratch to get to its final piece and show the progress of how it got there. Personally seeing

this event has open my eyes to how an artist would prepare, start from scratch and lead to a

finished masterpiece. Seeing Chuck Closes’ development stage and the journey of how he got

there made me realise there is a lot of ways to make a final piece.

Even though all of his work was outstanding and magnificent , the two pieces of work stood

out the most to me were:

A pencil grid on a large canvas with numbers that represented the colour, which he would

use to make the painting; at the bottom there was key which showed what each colour

number represented. Using a grid allows the artist to deconstruct the image and rebuild it

block by block.

A portrait collection which was based from a basic sketches leading to its final state. [All

this was side by side, to which was very interesting, because it showed the journey.

This example of a

step by step portraits that I saw. It was very

interesting because you can see a journey

he has made.

Inside the White cube Gallery was all Chuck Close’s work was on display , including “When

Chuck meet Obama”, “Roy Lichtenstein self portraits” and the individual step by step paintings .

More of his work includes, self portraits ,friends and family members. There was a piece

of work that was very interesting; a portrait that was carved in copper which stood out from a distance because of the detail and techniques that went into it, for example different shades

of lines.

During the visit we attended a glassblowing workshop were we got to see some

amazing glass work. We also got to see two professional glassblowers working on a new piece. What was interesting about this particular visit, was the way they twisted and

turned these glass in to complex shapes. In addition, the way they rolled the glass to get the right colours out of It. Seeing the progress of production in the working environment

and how these glass were constructed from scratch, In a way seeing this was a demonstration lesson for me because I got to witness first handed how professionals

would work in their field of work. On the main floor the glass that was already finished and turned in to the desired object was up for sale and the price ranged from £50 to

£4000.

A snapshot of

the inside of the workshop when all of the finished products were on display. As you can see in the back of the work shop, there are equip-ment's which were the creative progress happens.

These are some of the work that was on display and for sale. I liked these in particular because it was very interesting to see the shapes and sizes that was created, what I found interesting was

the way, colours were created and mixed together, even though it’s all made out of one piece of glass .

These are some of the work that was on display and for sale. I liked these in particular because it was very interesting to see the shapes and sizes that was created, what I found interesting was

the way, colours were created and mixed together, even though it’s all made out of one piece of glass .