Robert Longo: The Acceleration of History

by Robert Longo

Longo's latest charcoal drawings of dissent reflect American media's preoccupation with violence

Once a part of the Pictures Generation and still making art today, Robert Longo (born 1953) creates large, hyperrealistic drawings rendered in charcoal, giving his compositions a black-and-white photographic effect. He has depicted everything from swimmers to fighter jets and from cathedrals to suits of armor. This survey of Longo's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3775758038
• ISBN13: 9783775758031
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Length: 160 Pages