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Robert Longo — Untitled (Cotton Balls)
Robert Longo — Untitled (Cotton Balls)
Robert Longo

Untitled (Cotton Balls)

2025

Longo renders cotton balls with extraordinary hyperrealistic precision in charcoal, transforming humble domestic materials into objects of visual intensity and formal complexity. The work examines texture, volume, and light refraction across the soft, spherical forms through meticulous tonal modulation. The seemingly banal subject matter gains conceptual weight through the artist's monumentalizing technique and extreme technical virtuosity. The drawing invites contemplation of material, labor, and the aestheticization of the everyday. This work exemplifies Longo's practice of elevating quotidian objects through hyperrealistic representation.

Medium
Charcoal on mounted paper
Dimensions

Notes

From Pace Gallery Tokyo catalog 'Angels of the Maelstrom' (April 16 – June 17, 2026). Reference: 95785.

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Robert Longo, Untitled (Cotton Balls), 2025

Longo renders cotton balls with extraordinary hyperrealistic precision in charcoal, transforming humble domestic materials into objects of visual intensity and formal complexity. The work examines texture, volume, and light refraction across the soft, spherical forms through meticulous tonal modulation. The seemingly banal subject matter gains conceptual weight through the artist's monumentalizing technique and extreme technical virtuosity. The drawing invites contemplation of material, labor, and the aestheticization of the everyday. This work exemplifies Longo's practice of elevating quotidian objects through hyperrealistic representation.

Medium
Charcoal on mounted paper
Dimensions
224.2 x 177.8 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
Pace Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Related themes

Intimate, Monochrome, Soft, Minimalist, American, Charcoal on Paper, 2020s, Domestic, American Artist, Textural, Detailed, Object Study, Realism, Modern, Charcoal, White, Object, Drawing, Still Life, Texture, Contemporary

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery