Luminous Discontent features new large-scale charcoal drawings by Robert Longo (born 1953). From a massive iceberg to a shattered glass window and X-rays of paintings by Old Masters, all of the images are rendered in Longo's signature medium. It opens with details of works to draw the reader in.[...]
"Stand" was a 2012 site-specific installation by Robert Longo (born 1953) which fully utilized the unique architecture of the Capitain Petzel gallery in Berlin. The building was shrouded with an enormous monochrome depiction of the American flag. Upon entering the gallery, the viewer was immediately[...]
The enormous, photorealistic charcoal drawings of American artist Robert Longo (born 1953) show the beauty and horror of the present day and age.His large-format works contrast the innocence of sleeping toddlers, the tranquil grandiosity of Earth and the planets, roses in bloom and Gothic cathedrals[...]
The Men in the Cities series made Robert Longo famous
in the 1980s: larger-than-life drawings of sharply
dressed business people writhing in contortion, a sort
of death dance of the modern man. Created between
1977 and 1983, it is an early attempt in merging
sculpture, drawing, photog[...]
Mit der Serie Men in the Cities wurde Robert Longo (geb. 1953 in Brooklyn, N.Y.) in den 80er Jahren berühmt: überlebensgroße Zeichnungen von korrekt gekleideten Geschäftsmännern und später auch Frauen, die sich unter Einwirkung einer unsichtbaren, offenbar gewalttätigen Macht in unnatürliche[...]