Purple Art
[04/14/2014]
Robert Longo at Petzel Gallery and Metro Pictures, New York
Artist Robert Longo presents two bodies of work at New York galleries Metro Pictures and Petzel. At Metro Pictures, Longo uses Abstract Expressionist painting as a source for his drawings. The appropriation of significant historical works by artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko in the format of charcoal renderings functions as a statement on the artist’s ability to “paint” outside the tradition. […]
