The association is made between the private and the corporate, the human and the industrial, the fragile and the impervious. In 'Men in the Cities' Longo cuts anonymous people from their environments, then splices their portraits in amongst blocks of buildings. This installation of Men in the Cities presented his charcoal, graphite and dye studies of office workersThis interruption of a smooth linear reading, notably used in Dada and Surrealist collage, undermines assumptions, whether they be cultural, social or political. However, it was his first solo exhibition at Metro Pictures, New York, in 1981 that brought him international critical acclaim. Since then, Longo has shown continuously in Europe and America. In the following year, he had his first one-person exhibition in Europe, at Studio d'Arte Cannaviello in Milan. His partner in this venture was Cindy ShermanAfter graduation Longo showed in 1979 at The Kitchen, a downtown space which encouraged artistic experimentation and collaboration. As a studio and exhibition space for contemporary art, Hallwalls was the precursor of Longo's ongoing concern for utilizing art's multi-disciplinary potential. In 1974, whilst studying at State University College, Buffalo, Longo co-founded Hallwalls. it was cast by Polich Tallix Foundry.īorn in Brooklyn, 1953 Robert Longo became synonymous with American pictorial art during the 80s, his ambitious large-scale works seemingly synchronized with the booming economy and boisterous values of the Reagan era. This appears to be modeled after a figure by HR Giger.
132-141 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This work was featured in an article "The Appropriation of Marginal Art in the 1980s Author: Donald Kuspit Source: American Art, Vol. He started studying sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and Sculpture, made him choose sculpture as a career. Into the prestigious Institute of Political Science. Of independence, in the French capital, famous for artists like Rodin, Bugatti,Ĭarpeaux, Daumier, Giacometti, and Picasso, who inspired him. Student, but preferred sculpting in his studio, among his artworks, than studying.Īfter finishing High School (St John’s College), he left for Paris, to start a life Park, Okovango Swamps, Chobe and Pilansberg game reserves. He also spent a lot of time on the South AfricanĬoast Durban, North Coast and Cape, Plettenburg Bay and in the bush Kruger Studio, where he studied art and anatomy, which was later to become one of the Dominic had a happy childhood, spending his time in the Start, his talent for capturing movement, and character in his human, and animalįigures was remarkable. He started sculpting, atĪ young age, at the Art Classes of Mercia Desmond, in Johannesburg. In Poland he also presented his works in the Hunt Gallery and the Napiórkowska Gallery in Warsaw.ĭominic Albinski, was born in South Africa, in 1975. Statue of Madness is in the collection of Santon Civic Collection. South African Embassy organized several exhibitions of his works, including: In October 2001, he exhibited in South Africa at the largest gallery on Mandla Square in Santon. In the same year, Dominique Albinski works were exhibited at the Embassy of France, at the Sculpture Gallery in Warsaw and at the Warsaw Financial Center. In November 2000, a man with a pipe snapped into the Canadian Ambassador's collection. The first exhibition in Warsaw took place in 2009 at Tamka. He made close contact with the gallery, which resulted in another exhibition in 2002 and sales of several works.
His first exhibition took place at the Arnaud Gallery in Verneuil, Normandy. In 1997 he came to Poland to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. When he was eighteen he went to Paris, where he studied at the prestigious Science Po. In Poland he also presented his works in the Hunt Gallery and the Napiórkowska Gallery in Warsaw.Signed bronze from small edition of 8. South African Embassy organised several exhibitions of his works, including: In October 2001, he exhibited in South Africa at the largest gallery on Mandla Square in Santon. In the same year, Dominique Albinski works were exhibited at the Embassy of France, at the Sculpture Gallery in Warsaw and at the Warsaw Financial Centre.
In November 2000, a man with a pipe snapped into the Canadian Ambassador''s collection.
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