"From early on, very early on, I understood that art is not about what you say. It’s about these other things that you don’t say."
"Operetta" (2006)
"Operetta," 2006
Cel vinyl and aerosol enamel on gessoed canvas over panel, 86 x 102 inches. Photo by Douglas M. Parker Studio.
Courtesy the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
Cel vinyl and aerosol enamel on gessoed canvas over panel, 86 x 102 inches. Photo by Douglas M. Parker Studio.
Courtesy the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
"This is not a simulation of anything; it is a highly artificialized moment of representation. The painting has always been relentless about that. In the same way that you have to have that type of negotiation when as a contemporary viewer you go to an opera, there has to be a complete understanding and accepting of the whole mannerist endeavor or else you’re just not going to enjoy it. All the paintings set up this intense mannerism. Everything is hyperbolized and highly decorated. And the decoration is decorated...The work doesn’t shy away from that. It’s not about naturalism on any level."
- Lari Pittman
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