Robert Longo - Painter and Printmaker

MUXU · 05-11-2006

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American Painter and Printmaker

Robert Longo was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised on suburban Long Island where as a youth he participated in various arts activities from a very young age. Longo developed an early fascination with all forms of mass media; especially movies, television, magazines, and comic books. These hallmark influences are still incorporated into the art work that he is producing today. Robert Longo received his education from the State University College in Buffalo, New York.
In order to create works such as Barbara and Ralph, Longo first projects photographs of his subjects onto paper and traces the figures in graphite, stripping away all details of the background. After he records the basic contours, his assistant, Diane Shea, continues work on the figure for about a week, filling in the details. Next, Longo goes back into the drawing, using a combination of graphite and charcoal, to provide as he says, "all the cosmetic work." At this point, he makes a number of changes in the figure. Some are subtle: just a little more definition to a shoulder, perhaps, or a darker cast to the shoes. Others are radical: a subject, who in the original photo was wearing jeans, may finally sport a pair of formal black trousers in the drawing. Longo continues to work on the drawing making numerous adjustments until, about a week later, it is completed.

http://www.robertlongo.com/

some of his works

www.fineartsite.com, www.onartworks.com

love his sense of dramatic movement
a stragling dance in our society

Whitelinen · 05-11-2006

I like those three. Simple but strong.

two months off · 05-11-2006

Those are striking in their simplicity. They're nice.

finch · 13-11-2006

Sometimes the power of simplicity says so much. Those are excellent pics.

Estella* · 17-11-2006

one of my painting teachers used to be obsessed with him which resulted in our throwing plush balls through the ateliers as a sketching exercise

thanks for the thread.

MUXU · 18-11-2006

^haha..that sounds like much fun

i like the tension he created in his work..especially the male works...makes me feel unease

Piewi · 22-11-2006

Yeah i like it... simple but yet strong. As muxu said the tension is very good

Gincat · 18-05-2009

He has a current exhibition at metro pictures gallery in NY. These images are from their website metropicturesgallery.com

Gincat · 18-05-2009

same as above

Gincat · 18-05-2009

metropicturesgallery

Gincat · 18-05-2009

I love this one

Gincat · 18-05-2009

These are all charcoal on paper.

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Whitelinen V.I.P. Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 5,773	I like those three. Simple but strong. __________________ "Because of all sorts of cloth have their motions, as well as Bodies, it must needs that they differ in themselves." -Lomazzo

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two months off Eat me, drink me Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Costa Rica Gender: femme Posts: 1,112	Those are striking in their simplicity. They're nice. __________________ Three inches is such a wretched height to be!

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finch rising star Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto, ON Gender: homme Posts: 142	Sometimes the power of simplicity says so much. Those are excellent pics.

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Estella* a dim capacity for wings Design Team Leader Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: la rue Gender: femme Posts: 7,651	one of my painting teachers used to be obsessed with him which resulted in our throwing plush balls through the ateliers as a sketching exercise thanks for the thread. __________________ mode schoepfung estella mare

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MUXU fashion icon Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: LDN Gender: femme Posts: 3,060	^haha..that sounds like much fun i like the tension he created in his work..especially the male works...makes me feel unease __________________ http://clover-vintage.tumblr.com/

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Piewi backstage pass Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: (ER) Argentina Gender: femme Posts: 729	Yeah i like it... simple but yet strong. As muxu said the tension is very good