Robert Longo’s Surrender premiered at The Kitchen on May 19, 1979. A multimedia work, Surrender comprised a film as well as live music and performance. A saxophonist provided the soundtrack to the film, which depicts an unmoving Grecian statue of a young athlete. On the other side of the performance space, a young couple dressed in office clothes reminiscent of the 1950s embraced each other and proceeded to act out a rock-and-roll style dance in slow motion. Longo’s Surrender meditated on the interplay between the past and the present as well as movement and stillness in film, photography, and performance.

 

14 x 8 1/2 inches

 

Proceeds from the sale of this poster will support artists whose groundbreaking, genre-defying work appears at The Kitchen throughout the upcoming season.

 

Members at The Kitchen receive 10% off.