Robert Longo, Study for Cowboy Hat, 2012. Ink and charcoal on vellum in artist's frame.
Black on white. Charcoal on paper. Snapshots, cut out of time. Robert Longo captures motifs from the flickering media image, which he enlarges and builds up, layer upon layer, into dramatic and gigantic charcoal drawings. His works stand as epic tales that strike us with an almost hypnotic power.
Stop, look again, notice. American artist Robert Longo is particularly known for his enormous, hyperrealistic drawings in black and white. The motifs are often intense and dramatic “shots” from the frenetic and chaotic imagery of our time, which he first captures and crops, then unfolds to monumental size.
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11 April 2025
