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Fascinated for decades by Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cezanne, painter Mernet Larsen<\/a> applies her own delightfully eccentric perspectival distortions to her French forebear\u2019s iconic imagery in new work at James Cohan Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0 Larsen diversifies the cast of characters in \u2018The Bathers (after Cezanne)\u2019 adding bikinis to figures more robotic than robust and emphasizing artificiality in the human figures that replace Cezanne\u2019s stabilizing triangle of trees in the original. A diving figure heading into flat waves akin to the slats in Japanese Bunraku puppet theater (which allow figures to move through water) and a woman to the left literally holding up the top of the painting add dynamism and complexity.\u00a0 By alluding to Cezanne but shifting away from his focus and results, Larsen emphasizes the choices behind a painting\u2019s design and nods to the many iconic painters who have moved beyond inspiration to find their own unique results. \u00a0(On view in Tribeca through March 16th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Mernet Larsen, The Bathers (after Cezanne), acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 59 \u00bc x 39 \u00bd inches, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fascinated for decades by Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cezanne, painter Mernet Larsen applies her own delightfully eccentric perspectival distortions to her French forebear\u2019s iconic imagery in new work at James Cohan Gallery.\u00a0 Larsen diversifies the cast of characters in \u2018The Bathers (after Cezanne)\u2019 adding bikinis to figures more robotic than robust and emphasizing artificiality in the … <\/p>\n

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