Mernet Larsen “Things People Do”
James Cohan (291 Grand St.)
[Image: Mernet Larsen "Punch" (2016)]
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James Cohan presents Things People Do, the gallery’s first solo exhibition of work by Mernet Larsen.
Mernet Larsen’s paintings are simultaneously rooted in and distant from reality. Taking inspiration from the geometric abstractions of El Lissitzky and the narrative stylization of twelfth-century Japanese and early Renaissance paintings, Larsen’s vertiginous spaces often rendered in reverse perspective, and hard edged figures offer familiar versions of reality that are analogous and parallel to our own. Developed over the last 40 years, Larsen’s independent and meticulous approach to narrative painting “reaches toward, not from, life.”
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from January 22, 2016 to February 21, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-01-22 from 18:00 to 20:00