Robert Longo : until May 30, Metro Pictures, New York

Surrendering the Absolutes, an exhibition of new work by Robert Longo is well worth a visit. This exhibition features a group of Longo's signature large-scale charcoal drawings and according to the press release, the works represent "a departure from his recent serial approach to a subject and instead are linked by atmospheric sensations of light and abstracted imagery".

The centerpiece of the show is a five-panel 25-foot drawing "Untitled (Cathedral of Light)," an image of glaring sunlight flooding through massive cathedral windows.

Also included in the exhibition is a sculpture, a 12-foot tower of four black charcoal drawings framed behind glass making explicit Longo's interest in the "cacophony of reflections created in the rooms where his works hang, by both mirroring the objects in its presence and co-opting them into its black void".

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Surrendering the Absolutes, 2009, Installation view




Untitled (Et In Arcadia Ego), 2009, Charcoal on mounted paper, 60 x 114 inches, 152.4 x 289.6 cm




Untitled (City of Glass), 2009, Charcoal on mounted paper, 70 x 96 inches , 177.8 x 243.8 cm




Surrendering the Absolutes, 2009, Installation view




Untitled (The Judge's Hat), 2009, Charcoal on mounted paper, 70 x 86 inches image, 177.8 x 218.4 cm