Mernet Larsen Monography published by Kerber Verlag

GoSee Book Tip : Mernet Larsen ‘Monograph’ at Kerber Publishing with artwork spanning all creative stages of the American artist’s career – including a studio visit with James Cohan Gallery, NYC

Over the course of six decades, Mernet Larsen (*1940 Houghton, Michigan) has playfully manipulated the perspective within her paintings to reveal unsettling and humorous narratives arising from ordinary situations. “The subjects and scenarios she depicts are typically banal: friends engaged in conversation, a couple reading in bed, and faculty meetings. Through unexpected compositional movement, however, she transforms these prosaic moments...