Robert Longo

ROBERT LONGO (New York, 1953).
"Eric, NYC, 1980." "Men in the Cities" series, 2009.
C-print.
Signed and numbered.
Edition of 100 copies + 20 P.A.
Enclosed book "Robert Longo. Men in the Cities", Schirmer/Mosel.
Measurements: 25,5 x 18,5 cm.

"Eric, NYC, 1980" belongs to the visual core that gave rise to the celebrated "Men in the Cities" series, one of Robert Longo's most iconic sets and an essential image of American urban culture in the 1980s. The photograph depicts a male figure in full torsion, suspended between choreographic gesture, physical impact and fall, with the New York skyline as a backdrop.

The "Men in the Cities" series consolidated Longo's international projection in the early 1980s through large black and white drawings of elegantly dressed men and women, captured in violently contorted poses. These images, situated between cinema, dance, advertising and punk/new wave iconography, function as symbolic portraits of the modern individual subjected to invisible forces: power, desire, violence, success or urban alienation.

Robert Longo is a key figure in the American art of the Pictures Generation. His work explores the relationship between image, power, media violence and contemporary visual culture through drawing, photography, film and sculpture. He is represented in institutions such as MoMA in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Tate in London.