Question

An early abstract painting by this artist may have been rediscovered by this artist’s lawyer’s dog walker in 2022. This artist collaborated with daguerreotypist Jerry Spagnoli on works such as Untitled Torso. In a poster protesting this artist, the Guerrilla Girls suggest three versions of a museum wall label. This man depicted himself with a cigarette in his mouth in his monochrome Big Self-Portrait. This man used “The Event” to describe a seizure in 1988 that left him (15[1])(*) paralyzed from the neck down. The 86th Street Station in New York displays mosaic portraits by this artist, including ones of Kara Walker and Lou Reed. A portrait of Bill Clinton done by this artist uses his signature style of grid-like divisions. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this painter known for his large, photorealistic portraits. ■END■

ANSWER: Chuck Close
<Jeremy Tsai, Visual Fine Arts>
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Sean FarrellNorth FloridaFSU B7715
Ryan CarmichaelFSU AFlorida B122-5

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y1100%100%0%63.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y1100%0%100%132.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%119.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y30%0%67%0.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y475%25%25%102.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y30%0%100%0.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y367%0%33%112.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y250%50%50%77.00