1. Robert Longo was born on January 7,1953 and is an American artist, filmmaker, photographer and musician.
19 Facts About Robert Longo
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Robert Longo was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Long Island.
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Robert Longo began college at the University of North Texas, in the town of Denton, but left before earning a degree.
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Robert Longo later studied sculpture under Leonda Finke, who encouraged him to pursue a career in the visual arts.
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In 1972, Robert Longo received a grant to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy.
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However, the sculptural influence pervades his drawing technique, as Robert Longo's "portraits" have a distinctive chiseled line that seems to give the drawings a three-dimensional quality.
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Robert Longo uses graphite like clay, molding it to create images like the writhing, dancing figures in his seminal Men in the Cities series.
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About four years passed before Robert Longo turned the vision of a man shot in the back into a monumental series of drawings.
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Robert Longo produced about 60 Men in the Cities between 1979 and 1982.
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However, several critics have commented that Robert Longo had lost his way as a visual artist by the mid-'80s.
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Robert Longo continues to work on the drawing, making numerous adjustments until it is completed about a week later.
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Robert Longo is responsible for the front covers of Glenn Branca's The Ascension from 1981 and The Replacements' 1985 album Tim.
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In 1992, Robert Longo directed an episode of Tales from the Crypt entitled "This'll Kill Ya".
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Robert Longo directed the cyberpunk film Johnny Mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren and Takeshi Kitano, and a short film named Arena Brains.
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In 2013, Robert Longo's artwork was featured in an article in the men's magazine Man of the World, along with an article discussing his life and career.
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Robert Longo lived with artist Cindy Sherman from 1974 to 1980.
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Robert Longo lived with artist Gretchen Bender from 1981 to 1989.
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On May 21,2022, Robert Longo married Sophie Chahinian, founder of the Artist Profile Archive, in Los Angeles.
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Robert Longo moved to Europe in 1990, living for a few years in Paris and working in Spain and Germany.