Robert Longo Art

Robert longo rallies artists to donate 1m worth of art for guild hall benefit show instead of its annual summer gala the long running east hampton art space will host a selling exhibition to.

Robert longo art. Longo began college at the university of north texas in the town of denton but left before getting a degree. He had a childhood fascination with mass media. View robert longo s 2 367 artworks on artnet. Beginning in the 1980s while living in new york longo chose several friends and peers to pose for him atop city buildings while he and others threw objects at his subjects.

Artist robert longo on how art can help us understand the world from his east hampton studio longo shares the story behind his benefit exhibition at guild hall and how art can inspire during difficult times. Movies television magazines and comic books which continue to influence his art. Robert longo was born in 1953 in brooklyn new york and raised in long island. See available prints and multiples works on paper and photographs for sale and learn about the artist.

He had a childhood fascination with mass media. Courtesy of the artist. The present work is a monochromatic lithograph from robert longo s iconic men in the cities series which portrays both men and women dressed in formal business attire and posed in writhing dance like and contorted poses. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices.

Robert longo burst onto the new york art scene as a brash 25 year old with men in the cities his iconic 1983 large scale charcoal drawings of businessmen posing in uncanny contortions i always imagine that i want to make art that is going to kill you he said in 1984. Art is an attempt to try and understand our own contemporary situation through making images that are completely personal while also addressing our social context robert longo was born in 1953 in brooklyn and grew up in long island new york. Movies television magazines and comic books which continue to influence his art. Longo began college at the university of north texas in the town of denton but left before getting a.

Robert longo is an american artist best known for his detailed photorealistic drawings of jumping figures sharks tigers and guns.