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Lari Pittman

Lari Pittman (Artist), Wayne Koestenbaum (Writer of added text), Helen Molesworth (Interviewer), Lisa Phillips (Writer of added text), Robert Storr (Writer of added text)
Lari Pittman's meticulously rendered paintings employ a complex mix of symbols and images to create dense and compelling narratives on love, violence, and desire. Drawing upon design, folk art, and decorative traditions, Pittman's brightly colored paintings incorporate and rework a range of styles and genres--Victorian silhouettes, social realist murals, and Mexican retablos--to conjure a hallucinatory effect unique in contemporary painting. Pittman has earned numerous accolades in the art world and has been included in the Venice Biennale, Documenta X, and four Whitney Biennials

Print Book, English, 2011
Skira Rizzoli, New York, 2011