Larissa Bates

The work of Larissa Bates focuses on cultural constructions of masculinity and gender tropes. Her painted narratives follow the ever war hungry Little Napoleons as they take over the world, one colony at a time, and face their bitter enemies, the Cry Babies. She received a BA from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Solo exhibitions include the Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, the Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, as well as an upcoming show at Mogadishni, Denmark. Her work has been written about in The New York Times, Artforum.com, Contemporary Art, Beijing, Bon Magazine, Flavorpill, among others, and was published in Armpit of the Mole (France). Selected Exhibitions: Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama; The Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas; Longwood Gallery at Hostos, Bronx; The Arsenal Gallery, NY; SOO Visual Arts, Minneapolis; Six space, LA, CA; Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen; Galleria Glance, Turin.

Ambush of the Kachina Dolls

24 x 30 inches

Acryla gouache and ink on canvas

Untitled #2 (MotherMen)

30.5 x 51.5 inches

Acryla gouache on paper

Napoleons bowing to sacrificed Cry Baby Men, 2008

36 x 24 inches

Acryla gouache on paper