Robert Longo
Robert Longo (born January 7, 1953 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American artist who lives and works in New York. He has been married to the German actress Barbara Sukowa since 1994 .
life and work
Longo took art lessons in the studio of the sculptor Leonda Finke and spent a study visit at the art academy in Florence . He graduated from Buffalo State College in New York State in 1975. In 1974 he made contact with fellow student Cindy Sherman and in the following years dealt intensively with the media of installation , performance , video art and photography .
Longo is artistically active in the fields of visual arts ( painting , printing, mixed media , multimedia ), film and music video , among others . After his first directorial work Arena Brains (1988), he directed the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic, based on a short story by William Gibson .
He was awarded the Kaiserring of the city of Goslar for 2005.
Publications (selection)
- Magellan DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7701-4291-8 .
- Men in the cities. Photographs. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8296-0411-6 .
- Charcoal / Roberto Longo . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-3196-6 .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2018: Proof: Francisco Goya, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Longo . Deichtorhallen , Hamburg
- 2015: The Invention of Zero (after Malevich), 1991 . Hans Mayer Gallery , Düsseldorf
- Furies, Beasts and Servants , in collaboration with the Festspielhaus Salzburg , Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac , Salzburg.
- November 2010-September 2011: Kunsthalle Weishaupt , Ulm
- 2010: Berardo Collection Museum , Lisbon
- 2009: Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain , Nice
- 1997: Kunsthalle Tübingen , Robert Longo. Magellan Project , April 12 - May 25, 1997
- 1987: documenta 8 , Kassel
- 1982: documenta 7 , Kassel
literature
- Bernd Klüser (Ed.): Collection of drawings. Bernd and Verena Klüser . With texts by Christian Quaeitsch and an introduction by Michael Semff. Volume II, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-925219-36-8 .
- Thomas Kellein (Ed.): Robert Longo, Magellan. The book was published on the occasion of the Robert Longo exhibition . Magellan project in the Kunsthalle Tübingen, April 12th. - May 25, 1997; Kunsthalle Rotterdam, 29.05. - August 3, 1997; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 08/17 - 05.10.1997. DuMont, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7701-4291-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Longo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert Longo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Robert Longo's website
- Robert Longo at artcyclopedia.com
- Press release award ceremony Goslarer Kaiserring (PDF; 72 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Proof: Francisco Goya, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Longo . deichtorhallen.de, accessed on September 6, 2018.
- ↑ Karen Kedmey: A Century After Malevich Rocked the World, Galerie Hans Mayer Celebrates with Robert Longo's Homage to Radical Abstraction . , on Artsy Editorial, October 9, 2015, accessed February 20, 2016
- ↑ kunsthallenweishaupt.de www.kunsthallenweishaupt.de ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Longo, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York |