"Common Ground": a show with works by Robert Longo and Jeff Koons.
Koons and Longo, prominent figures from the "Pictures Generation" of the 1980s, share a critical engagement with media, consumerism, and the construction of imagery in contemporary society, albeit through vastly different aesthetic approaches.
While Koons revels in the glossy surface and immediate appeal, Longo meticulously dissects and re-presents images to provoke a deeper, often more unsettling, reflection on power, anxiety, and the impact of media on our collective consciousness. Both artists, however, share a common ground in their use of readily available imagery, transforming it through their chosen medium to comment on the visual overload of modern life and the intricate ways we consume and interpret images.
Koons and Longo, prominent figures from the "Pictures Generation" of the 1980s, share a critical engagement with media, consumerism, and the construction of imagery in contemporary society, albeit through vastly different aesthetic approaches.
While Koons revels in the glossy surface and immediate appeal, Longo meticulously dissects and re-presents images to provoke a deeper, often more unsettling, reflection on power, anxiety, and the impact of media on our collective consciousness. Both artists, however, share a common ground in their use of readily available imagery, transforming it through their chosen medium to comment on the visual overload of modern life and the intricate ways we consume and interpret images.
