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.