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The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984
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Robert Longo (American, b. 1953)
The American Soldier, 1977
Enamel on cast aluminum; 28 x 16 x 5 in. (71.1 x 40.6 x 12.7 cm)
Collection of Metro Pictures Gallery
Courtesy of the Artist and Metro Pictures
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Listen to Robert Longo comment on this work in an excerpt from the exhibition's Audio Guide.
Transcript
There was a photograph in the Village Voice of an image from the end of this movie called American Soldier, which was an image of this guy getting shot. So I took a pencil and I isolated the figure and I thought, "This could be a really cool relief." I liked the idea that I was making something that happened every time you looked at it. It wasn't a picture of something. I mean, this guy—that moment happens every time you look at him.
Produced by Antenna Audio.
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