Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
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Museums page for Robert Longo ((Born 1955)), known for Modernist figure, sculpture, graphics, drawing. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
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Born 1955 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: Modernist figure, sculpture, graphics, drawing.
Robert Longo (1953-). Where United States culture, media, greed, and violence meet, one finds the work of Robert Longo. Longo's ground breaking series, Men In The Cities, draws its strength and... Read full biography
Robert Longo (1953-). Where United States culture, media, greed, and violence meet, one finds the work of Robert Longo. Longo's ground breaking series, Men In The Cities, draws its strength and inspiration from Longo's fascination with the works of many artists in many media, but particularly from... Read full biography
Robert Longo (1953-). Where United States culture, media, greed, and violence meet, one finds the work of Robert Longo. Longo's ground breaking series, Men In The Cities, draws its strength and inspiration from Longo's fascination with the works of many artists in many media, but particularly from Hollywood's stylization of violence. His figures are captured in mid-motion; one wonders whether they are dancing or dying. Their creation and popularity have come to represent the high-speed,... Read full biography
Robert Longo (1953-). Where United States culture, media, greed, and violence meet, one finds the work of Robert Longo. Longo's ground breaking series, Men In The Cities, draws its strength and inspiration from Longo's fascination with the works of many artists in many media, but particularly from Hollywood's stylization of violence. His figures are captured in mid-motion; one wonders whether they are dancing or dying. Their creation and popularity have come to represent the high-speed, high-pressure decade of the 1980's. Longo describes the subjects in this series as ". doomed souls. They're people who built the buildings that would eventually fall on them." . He views his work as abstract symbols, ". more like Japanese calligraphy, or... Read full biography
Robert Longo (1953-). Where United States culture, media, greed, and violence meet, one finds the work of Robert Longo. Longo's ground breaking series, Men In The Cities, draws its strength and inspiration from Longo's fascination with the works of many artists in many media, but particularly from Hollywood's stylization of violence. His figures are captured in mid-motion; one wonders whether they are dancing or dying. Their creation and popularity have come to represent the high-speed, high-pressure decade of the 1980's. Longo describes the subjects in this series as ". doomed souls. They're people who built the buildings that would eventually fall on them." . He views his work as abstract symbols, ". more like Japanese calligraphy, or logos" . Longo works with assistants to create an image and, as an artist, focuses on the communicat... Read full biography
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About Robert Longo: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsBuffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Burchfield Penney Art Center
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Hunter Museum of American Art
10 Bluff View
Chattanooga, TN 37403