The enormous photorealistic charcoal drawings by American artist Robert Longo (*1953 in
Brooklyn New York) show the beauty and horror of the present day and age. His large-format
works contrast the innocence of sleeping toddlers the tranquil grandiosity of Earth and the
planets roses in bloom and Gothic cathedrals with threatening images of atom bomb explosions
fighter pilots monster waves sharks and the muzzles of revolvers. Inexorably and
seismographically precise the winner of the 2005 Goslar Kaiserring and 2010 inductee into the
French Order of Arts and Letters records the state of our world. Longo's powerful motifs give
form and expression to the feelings of fear and longing felt by people in the twenty-first
century and affect the viewer with the full force of the medium. This large-format
elaborately designed book printed on natural paper using a tritone process bound in half
cloth and distributed in four different cover designs has been created in close collaboration
with the artist and affords a comprehensive overview of his charcoal drawings from the past
decade. Exhibition schedule: Kunsthalle Weishaupt Ulm November 28 2010-September 25 2011
