Art: 21

Finally, the season of Art in the twenty first Century premiered with Romance. The show was an interesting exploration of the works of photographer Laurie Simmons, painter Lari Pittman, sculptor Judy Pfaff, and Pierre Huyghe.

I was fascinated with Lari Pittman. His work proves that painting is still a vivid exploration between the individual, contemporary culture, and history. He draws imagery from Mexican murals and retablos, to be transferred into a society still oppressed, but open to the discussions of gender and ideological oppression. His technique is exquisitely detailed, with overlapping images and vibrant colors. His narrative proves to be a descendant of the fascination with human suffering of colonial Mexican monks, the deconstructive idealism of the modernist, and the preoccupations of the generations of the 60’s.


“Attendant”
2006