Mernet Larsen

Michigan, United States

Art Medium

Painting

Art Style

Figurative & Portraits Modern Art

About the Artist

Mernet Larsen, born in 1940 in Michigan, is an American painter renowned for her distinctive figurative style that defies conventional perspective. Her compositions often feature characters and objects rendered with multiple viewpoints and flattened, geometric forms, creating a disquieting yet compelling visual language. Drawing inspiration from Constructivism, Futurism, and various historical painting traditions, Larsen builds intricate, almost architectural, scenes that challenge the viewer's perception of space and reality. Her work delves into the absurdities and anxieties of contemporary life, presenting familiar scenarios through a fractured lens that amplifies the psychological undercurrents of human experience.