Kevin Larmon was born on December 18,1955 and is an American artist and was assistant monitor of painting at Syracuse University.
12 Facts About Kevin Larmon
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Kevin Larmon was born in Syracuse, New York in 1955.
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Kevin Larmon graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and moved to New York City as an undergraduate senior, where he finished his schooling at the New York Studio School.
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Kevin Larmon has worked with atmospheric drawings and paintings since 1989, many of which are made on canvas or wood.
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Kevin Larmon's paintings are built up through layers of collage and paint.
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Kevin Larmon's work has been associated with the post-conceptualism and neo-conceptual art movements, which were prominent aspects of exhibitions at Gallery Nature Morte and with Tricia Collins and Richard Milazzo shaping the nature of painting after the rise of conceptual art.
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Kevin Larmon was heavily influenced by his contemporaries at Gallery Nature Morte such as Robin Weglinski, Joel Otterson, and Steven Parrino.
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Kevin Larmon drew inspiration from Rembrandt, Giorgio Morandi, Jackson Pollock, and Agnes Martin.
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Kevin Larmon participated in Aperto 86 at the 1986 Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, where his paintings were exhibited at the Corderie at the Arsenal.
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In 2013, Kevin Larmon was included in a group show at the Leslie Sacks Gallery in Los Angeles, California alongside artists Christo, Jim Dine, Pablo Picasso, Chuck Close, Howard Hodgkin, Jasper Johns, Marino Marini, Henri Matisse, Karel Nel, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg, and Sebastiao Salgado.
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Kevin Larmon's work titled "Hunter" sold at auction during Christie's 2005 "The House Sale" in New York.
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Roberta Smith critiqued Kevin Larmon's work regarding size and style in 1989.