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The art show Up Close and Personal at Fuchs projects in Brooklyn just closed. Try harder next time.

Curatorial Statement: Up, Close & Personal is a group exhibition curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel based on a photography series of his by the same name . The exhibition aims to explore the relationships of several artists to their close, intimate and very personal with their art creations.

The exhibition investigates how a group of artists approach their work, the ideas, the process and ulterior message sent by it. The show aims to reveal in degrees how the work may have affected the artist and thus eventually, the viewer. From the truly shocking to the most subtlety beautiful approach, Up, Close & Personal tackles and highlights the most popular themes of our ongoing contemporary and most current culture.

Participating artists: Amy Elkins, Sheri Lyn Behr, Dawoud Bey, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Timothy Briner, Luis Carle, David Carol, Michal Chelbin, Adrian Chesser, Jon Feinstein, Rafael Fuchs, Dana Hoey, Brenda Ann Kenneally, Jeremy Kost, Mona Kuhn, Annie Leibovitz,Lisa Levy, Jennifer Loeber, Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Cara Phillips, Alex Prager, Carlo Van der Roer, Ariana Page Russell, Tyler Shields, Bayete Ross Smith, Trey Speegle, Zoe Strauss, Bill Sullivan, Hank Willis Thomas, Betty Tompkins, Phil Toledano, Michael Wolf.