Los Angeles painter Lari Pittman is known for producing some very large works: bright, wall-sized paintings that often Cuisinart various aspects of visual culture: folk art, advertising, textile patterns, Victorian silhouettes and corporate logos, weaving them together into darkly jubilant compositions that pulse with manic sexual energy.
Now Pittman has gone small. Like, verrry small. His new suite of paintings, in fact, are just 7 inches tall. The best part: The installation, titled "Homage to Natalia Goncharova ... When the avant-garde and the folkloric kissed in public," is currently hanging in a box in Culver City.