Look Closely: These Black And White Images Are Not What They Seem

Robert Longo, Untitled (Capitol), 2012-2013, charcoal on mounted paper. Installation image by Lance Gerber for Palm Springs Art Museum

Seven massive pieces by the artist Robert Longo are on view in the exhibition Storm of Hope: Law and Disorder at the Palm Springs Art Museum in California. They look like photographs — but are they?

(Image credit: Robert Longo / Metro Pictures, New York; Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles)

Seven massive pieces by the artist Robert Longo are on view in the exhibition Storm of Hope: Law and Disorder at the Palm Springs Art Museum in California. They look like photographs — but are they?