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Robert Longo: Angels of the Maelstrom

Pace Gallery Tokyo Tokyo
Exhibition on view: Apr 16, 2026 - Jul 27, 2026

Robert Longo's new exhibition draws inspiration from Paul Klee's Angelus Novus and Walter Benjamin's concept of the "angel of history"—a figure caught between witnessing the past and being thrust forward into an uncertain future. Longo channels this tension through an array of allegorical imagery spanning natural and cultural subjects: crashing waves, tigers, blooming peonies, and pivotal twentieth-century figures.

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  • Robert Longo
On View
Apr 16, 2026 - Jul 27, 2026
Medium
Drawing
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Robert Longo

Robert Longo (b. 1953, Brooklyn, NY) is an American artist known for large-scale charcoal drawings that transform photographs into dramatic, hyperreal images. Emerging in New York’s Pictures Generation in the late 1970s, Longo explores power, media, violence, and collective memory through subjects ranging from suited figures and waves to firearms, animals, and political events. His work is held in major museum collections worldwide and he lives and works in New York.
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