ROBERT LONGO. GANG OF COSMOS

This catalogue focuses on Robert Longo's (born 1953) recent series of charcoal drawings of well-known Abstract Expressionist paintin gs. The original paintings are immediately recognizable, but it is the overlooked or imperceptible details of the complex surface, t he tactility of the paint, the brushstrokes and the pattern of the canvas that Longo has made visible in his translation from color to black and white, paint to charcoal. Exploring his ambivalence toward painting, Longo's drawings address the historical magnitude of Abstrac...[Read more]