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Robert Longo

Robert Longo (7/1/1953- )

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the American artist, filmmaker, photographer and musician, Robert Longo (7/1/1953- ). He worked with multiple mediums, including popular forms such as music videos and, later in his career, produced large-scale, detailed charcoal drawings of news images, such as those documenting racial strifes …

Robert Longo, Untitled (The Haunting). 2005. Siegfried and Jutta Weishaupt Collection | © Robert Longo

PRESENTATION: Robert Longo

Robert Longo is internationally acclaimed for his monumental, hyperrealistic black-and-white drawings that command attention with their sheer scale and emotional intensity. His …

Robert Longo, Untitled (Pilgrim), 2024. Mixed Media, 5 parts. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul ©. Photo: Eva Herzog.

ART CITIES: London-Rober Longo

While Robert Longo has worked in a variety of media, he is best known for his large-scale, hyper-realistic charcoal drawings that reflect …

Robert Longo, Untitled (After Gorky; Garden in Sochi, 1943), 2022, Charcoal on mounted paper, 160 x 203.2 cm, Photo: Robert Longo Studio. © Robert Longo / Adagp, Paris, 2022

ART CITIES:Paris-Robert Longo

While Robert Longo has worked in a variety of media (performance, photography, sculpture and painting) he is best known for his large-scale, …

Robert Longo, Untitled (State of the Union; Washington, D.C., USA; February 5, 2019), 2019, Charcoal on mounted paper, Image 243.8 x 370.8 cm, Frame 258.8 x 385.8 cm, © Robert Longo, Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures At President Trump’s second State of the Union address, female members of the 116th Congress, dressed in white to reference the suffragette movement. A hundred and three women are serving in the House of Representatives, which makes this Congress the most female in history, as well as the most diverse.

ART CITIES:N.York-Robert Longo

During the last ten years, Robert Longo has created several important photorealistic cycles. The selection of themes is political. They have their …