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Born 1952 California. Known for: Abstraction-figurative caligraphic.
Based in Los Angeles, he is an abstract painter whose acrylic work is highly decorative as well as figurative, which he regards as a rebellion against the 'puritanism of modernism' that is so fearful... Read full biography
Based in Los Angeles, he is an abstract painter whose acrylic work is highly decorative as well as figurative, which he regards as a rebellion against the 'puritanism of modernism' that is so fearful of decoration and any suggestion of realism. His tight, all over the ground imagery in blocky... Read full biography
Based in Los Angeles, he is an abstract painter whose acrylic work is highly decorative as well as figurative, which he regards as a rebellion against the 'puritanism of modernism' that is so fearful of decoration and any suggestion of realism. His tight, all over the ground imagery in blocky format is highly sexual. He is openly homosexual and multicultural, an American and Columbian and had an early career in interior design. He has had long-time involvement in the Los Angeles arts community... Read full biography
Based in Los Angeles, he is an abstract painter whose acrylic work is highly decorative as well as figurative, which he regards as a rebellion against the 'puritanism of modernism' that is so fearful of decoration and any suggestion of realism. His tight, all over the ground imagery in blocky format is highly sexual. He is openly homosexual and multicultural, an American and Columbian and had an early career in interior design. He has had long-time involvement in the Los Angeles arts community and had a brush with death in 1985 when he was shot by a robber. In 1996, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art held a mid career survey of his paintings that traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston.... Read full biography
Based in Los Angeles, he is an abstract painter whose acrylic work is highly decorative as well as figurative, which he regards as a rebellion against the 'puritanism of modernism' that is so fearful of decoration and any suggestion of realism. His tight, all over the ground imagery in blocky format is highly sexual. He is openly homosexual and multicultural, an American and Columbian and had an early career in interior design. He has had long-time involvement in the Los Angeles arts community and had a brush with death in 1985 when he was shot by a robber. In 1996, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art held a mid career survey of his paintings that traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston. ----------------------------------------------------------------------. Lari Pittman wasn't born into an artistic family. His father was an Arkansas native infused with a... Read full biography
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Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Still Life
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty