Robert Longo
Robert Longo was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Long Island. He had a childhood fascination with mass media: movies, television, magazines, and comic books, which continue to influence his art today.
Although he studied sculpture, drawing remained Longo's favorite form of self-expression. Longo's "portraits" have a distinctive chiseled line that seems to give the drawings a three-dimensional quality.
Longo projects photographs of his subjects onto paper and traces the figures in graphite, removing all details of the background. After he records the basic contours, his long-time illustrator, Diane Shea, works on the figure for about a week, filling in the details. Next, Longo goes back into the drawing, using graphite and charcoal to provide finishing details.
His work has been displayed in museums all over the world, in books, magazines, film, and on an album cover. See more of his work on his website.
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Holy smokes that is cool! thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteAmazing! I'm a huge fan of charcoal drawings, so I'm loving all the artwork here :)
ReplyDeleteThose are absolutely amazing!!
ReplyDeleteFascinating work!
ReplyDeleteSimply wow! The tiger painting is v mesmerizing!
ReplyDeleteThose were drawings and not photos?
ReplyDeleteWow! These are not photos? He is amazing!!!!
ReplyDeleteHis work is incredible. I found it interesting to read that his work is really (more or less) a collaboration between Longo and Shea - the end results are phenomenal, incredibly realistic.
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