On the Grid: Artist Research

On the Grid: Artist Research 

Chuck Close

Chuck Close is an American painter that distinctly uses the grid in his art work. His work is portraits that are made through the grid. The grid is used as a structure to expand photographs into large paintings. In his large paintings, there are hundreds of tiny colorful quadrants, that are made of circles, triangles, teardrops, boomerangs, and other assorted shapes. By working with this type of grid, his pieces blur the distinction between painting and photography in a way that had never been done before. 

Chuck Close- why he follows the grid

Robin Rhodes 

Robin Rhodes is a multidisciplinary artist that works with photography, performance, drawing and sculpture to create arrestingly beautiful narratives that are brought to life using materials such as soap, charcoal, chalk and paint. The grid work in Rhodes’ art work is the still frames of his photographs. He makes his art work like it is a movie and you can see the motion through the piece. Rhodes likes to call these pieces “moving images.”

Susan Hefuna 

Susan Hefuna is a mix media artist thats works with drawing, photography, sculpture, installation, video and performance. In her work, she focuses on her heritage which is Egyptian and German. She likes to explores the intersection of location and identity. Her Grids in her art work alludes to the interiority of cityscapes and constellations of her heritage. Most of her work is abstract but she uses the grid to help depict her subject matter.