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Gang of cosmos : Robert Longo : the abstract expressionist drawings
- Title
- Gang of cosmos : Robert Longo : the abstract expressionist drawings / editor, Alexander Ferrando.
- Author
- Longo, Robert
- Publication
- Berlin : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2017]
- ©2017.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | N6537.L65 A4 2017q Oversize | Off-site |
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- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 36 cm.
- Summary
- This catalogue focuses on Robert Longo's recent series of charcoal drawings of well-known Abstract Expressionist paintings. The original paintings are immediately recognizable, but it is the overlooked or imperceptible details of the complex surface, the 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 Abstract Expressionism in art-historical and cultural contexts. Along with the Abstract Expressionist drawings, the book includes Longo's enormous seven-panel drawing of the US Capitol building and a 17-foot high black wax- surfaced sculpture of an American flag that appears to collapse into or fall through the floor -- Provided by the publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- Published on the occasion of the two-part exhibition: "Gang of Cosmos" held at Metro Pictures, New York, April 10-May 23, 2014, and "Strike the Sun" held at Petzel Gallery, New York, April [10]-May [10], 2014.
- Title from cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 6).
- ISBN
- 9783775741071
- 3775741070
- LCCN
- 9783775741071
- OCLC
- ocn987203866
- SCSB-9116538
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library