"Since 1969, when Chuck Close's 1st series of black-and-white heads was exhibited, his paintings have fascinated the public. Working from Polaroid photographs, Close paints his family, friends, and fellow artists. With his colossal heads, Close has operated on the edge between abstraction and representation. At first severe and confrontational, his portraits now explode with painterly energy and mesmerize the viewer with their mosaic surfaces. Traces the artist's evolution and follows Close into the contemporary art community of New York where we encounter Leslie Close, Philip Glass, Mark Greenwold ... [et al.]"

"As seen on public television".