"Leaf from a Dispersed Hamir Hath Series" 1800-1810
Tourists, 2021
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
45 1/2 x 68 3/4 in.
115.6 x 174.6 cm
115.6 x 174.6 cm
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In her work, Larsen employs various spatial systems that often contradict. Combining reverse, isometric, and conventional perspectives, she casts everyday scenarios into a vertigo-inducing version of reality akin to our...
In her work, Larsen employs various spatial systems that often contradict. Combining reverse, isometric, and conventional perspectives, she casts everyday scenarios into a vertigo-inducing version of reality akin to our own. Her works often take compositional cues from art of the past. For "Tourists," she adapts the composition of a 19th-century Indian miniature painting of a court scene, as a free-associative springboard for depicting the strange and unfamiliar situation of, in her words, “being a tourist.” By first turning the source image upside down, Larsen builds from this inverted perspective. What emerges is the type of dirt road, with yellow buses and dogs, she remembers from her own visits to India. The jumps in perspective are perplexing, as Larsen places two spaces-within-spaces—a temple with statue, and columns and a building with a figure appearing through a doorway—alongside the flat planes of the buses, street, and a dominantly-positioned person wearing sunglasses.