Robert Longo: Shadows and Forests

UNTITLED (ET IN ARCADIA EGO)

UNTITLED (IN THE GARDEN, ET IN ARCADIA EGO)

Like Beric Henderson, Robert Longo also finds inspiration in shadows and forests.
These works are currently on display in the Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain. Nice, France until December 20, 2009. I was lucky enough to attend the opening of this retrospective [...]

October 10th, 2009 | Category: Inspirations | Comments are closed

Shadows, cinema and the art of noir.

Hitchcock’s ‘Shadow of Doubt’

Why do shadows recur so often in my writing, photos and paintings? Not wanting to delve too far into my own psyche, I can only say that I was undoubtedly impressed as a child by film noir (especially Bogart films such as The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo) and Hitchcock films, and [...]

October 10th, 2009 | Category: Artists, Inspirations | One comment - (Comments are closed)