Men In The Cities- Painting Of A Woman Enjoying A Painting By Robert Longo

Men In The Cities
painting of a woman enjoying a painting by Robert Longo

G. Boersma
acrylic on panel
20 x 20 cm | 8 x 8 in
2026

SOLD

An elderly woman stands in quiet contemplation before a piece from Robert Longo’s iconic Men in the Cities series (1979–1983). Longo's original masterpiece captures sharply dressed urbanites caught in dramatic, contorted moments of violent tension, ecstatic collapse, or frantic dance—a vivid struggle between control and collapse.

While Longo’s work is famously viewed as a dark satire of ambitious 1980s yuppie culture and people pushed to their limits by the modern rat race, this painting reimagines that chaos through a lens of weathered wisdom.

The juxtaposition transforms the frantic existential dread of the original art into a moment of peaceful reflection, suggesting that the struggles of youth and ambition are ultimately softened by the grace, perspective, and passage of time.

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Men In The City- Painting Of Man Enjoying Painting By Robert Longo

NMen In The City
man enjoying painting by Robert Longo

G. Boersma
acrylic on masonite
8" x 8" or 20 x 20 cm
2018

SOLD

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kind regards, Gerard

Man In The City- Painting Of Woman Enjoying Painting By Robert Longo

Man In The City
painting of a woman enjoying painting by Robert Longo

G. Boersma
acrylic on masonite
8" x 8" or 20 x 20 cm
2017

SOLD

kind regards, Gerard

webshop and available work
info@gerardboersma.nl
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Men In The City- Painting Of Woman Enjoying Painting By Robert Longo

Men In The City
painting of a woman enjoying painting by Robert Longo

G. Boersma
acrylic on masonite
8" x 8" or 20 x 20 cm
2017

SOLD

kind regards, Gerard

webshop and available works
info@gerardboersma.nl
www.gerardboersma.blogspot.com

Swing - man looking at Robert Longo in Rubell Family Collection

First painting of 2010! It looks like the figures on the triptych by Robert Longo are dancing. They're really not according to the title Longo gave this piece: Man Trapped in Ice.

My figure just sits there looking, doing nothing but enjoying soom good art. He looks immobile, but the true immobile figures can be found on Longo's piece. I find this contrast quite intereseting. It shows that there's more than meets the eye and you cannot really trust your first impressions.

By placing the bench offcentred I tried to emphasize the dancing and swinging element of Longo's figure into the total composition.

Together with Conqueror and Nuts from my series about the Rubell Family Collection Swing can be seen at the LA Art Show in Los Angeles from 20-24 january. The grand gala opening is tonight!

kind regards, Gerard



Swing
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
17.3" x 15.6" or 44 x 39,5 cm
2010
SOLD



Me in my studio
On this picture you see me in my studio working on Conqueror. As you notice I'm working flat on a table, with multiple brushes at the same time. The green palette I use is actually a plastic lit of an old bucket of latex paint. I have that one since I first started out, I cannot imagine making a painting without it! In the back you see my paintings The Corner and Lunch Break, the smaller ones in the back are Elevator and Pizza. The brown and white wooden panels are panels waiting to be painted, I always have a couple of them in stock.

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