Lari Pittman
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Bibliography: Selected Catalogues, Monographs and Other Publications
2015
Beck, Chelsea, The Broad Collection, published by The Broad, Los Angeles, and Prestel, New York, pp. 350 – 355
Hushka, Rock, and Jonathan David Katz, Art AIDS America, published by Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, 2015
Miller, Dana, and Adam D. Weinberg, Whitney Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collection, published by Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and Yale University Press, New Haven, p. 307
Baker, George, Ann Goldstein, Michael Maltzan, and Shaun Caley Regen, Regen Projects 25, published by Prestel, New York
2013
Shindler, Kelly, ed., A Decorated Chronology, published by Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis
Lari Pittman, published by Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens
Lari Pittman, published by Le Consortium, Dijon
2012
Decade, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, p. 209
This Will Have Been, published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 2012, pp. 219 – 221Lari Pittman, published by Skira Rizzoli, New York
The Spectacular of Vernacular, published by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Cover and pp. 96-9
2008
MoMA: Highlights since 1980, Published by The Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, p. 99
Lari Pittman, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Gladstone Gallery, Regen Projects, New York
Horst, Silke (ed.), Aldous Huxley, Brave New World – Teacher´s Guide, Klett Verlag, Stuttgart
Heartney, Eleanor, Art & Today, published by Phaidon, London, pp. 212–4
This Is Not To Be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Published by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, pp. 234-235
The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Published by LACMA, p. 191
2007
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Klett Verlag, Stuttgar
Imagination Becomes Reality: Conclusion, published by Sammlung Goetz, Germany, pp. 130–1
Eden’s Edge Fifteen LA Artists, published by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, pp. 28-33
Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century vol. 4, published by Abrams, New York, pp. 194-205
2006
No. 1: First Works by 362 Artists , edited by Francesca Richer and Matthew Rosenzweig, published by D.A.P., p. 297
Los Angeles 1955–1985, Exhibition catalogue Centre Pompidou and Panama,Musées, Paris, pp. 363
Couples Discourse, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond, Exhibition catalogue San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, pp. 17, 214–5
Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Exhibition catalogue Villa Manin Centro D’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, pp. 132–3
2005
Lari Pittman, Exhibition catalogue Villa Arson, Nice
Singular Expressions: Nine Artists in Three Galleries November to February, Exhibition catalogue Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, pp. 45, 50–1
CAP Collection, Exhibition catalogue published by Arlène Bonnant et al., Dublin, pp. 228–231
Drawing from the Modern, 1975 – 2005, organized by Jordan Kantor, Exhibition catalogue The Museum of Modern Art, New York, pp. 123
POPulence, Exhibition catalogue Blaffer Gallery, Houston, pp. 28–33
Sweet Dreams: Contemporary Art and Complicity, edited by Johanna Drucker, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 138–141,144
L.A. Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles, edited by Kraus, Chris, Jan Tumlir Jane McFadden, Black Dog Publishing, London, pp. 54 & 89
How to Look at a Painting, edited by Justin Paton, published by AWA Press, p. 18
2004
High Drama: Eugene Berman and the Legacy of the Melancholic Sublime, edited by Michael Duncan, Exhibition catalogue Hudson Hills Press, New York, pp. 30, 106–7
Disparities & Deformations: Our Grotesque, Exhibition catalogue, Site Santa Fe, pp. 102–103
Carlson, Lance, Lari Pittman, ArtUS, April/May, pp. 16–17
Art At Work: Forty Years of The JP Morgan Chase Collection, Exhibition catalogue, The Chase Manhattan Corporation, New York, p. 235
2003
Painting Pictures: Painting and Media in the Digital Age, Exhibition catalogue, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, pp. 80, 143 170–171
Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer, Exhibition catalogue La Biennale di Venezia, 50th International Art Exhibition, Marsilio Editori, Venice, pp. 462
The Not-So-Still-Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture, Exhibition catalogue San Jose Museum of Art, p. 152
Reverie: Works from the Collection of Douglas S. Kramer, Exhibition catalogue The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, p.16
2002
White Cube, Volume I, Exhibition catalogue, published by Steidl Publishers
American Visionaries: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition catalogue, Abrams, introduction by Maxwell L. Anderson, p. 241
2001
The Mystery of Painting, Exhibition catalogue Sammlung Goetz, p. 192
2000
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900–2000, Exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, p. 256 – 257
Reading Caifornia: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000, Exhibition catalogue Los Angeles County Museum of Art, p. 300
Departures: 11 artists at the Getty, Exhibition catalogue The Getty Center
1999
Flintridge Foundation Awards for Visual Artist, Exhibition catalogue Flintridge Foundation, 1999–2000, pp. 36
1998
Secret Victorians: Contemporary Artists and a 19th-Century Vision, Exhibition catalogue National Touring Exhibition and Hayward Gallery, London. Essays by Susan Ferleger Brades, Melissa E. Feldman and Ingrid Schaffner
Lari Pittman, Exhibition catalogue, Cornerhouse, Manchester and Spacex. Essays by Paolo Colombo and Alex Farquharson.
L.A. Times: Arte da Los Angeles nella Collezione Re Rebaudengo Sandretto, Exhibition catalogue Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per L'Arte, Torino, curated by Francesco Bonami
American Stories: Amidst Displacement and Transformation, edited by Shimbun, Asahi, Exhibition catalogue Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
American Art 1975–1995 from the Whitney Museum: Multiple Identity, Exhibition catalogue Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Edizioni Charta, Milano
Cruising L.A., Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Exhibition catalogue, edited by Jose Alvaro Perdice Torres, Madrid
Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960–1997, edited by Lars Nittve and Helle Crenzien, Exhibition catalogue Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek
Fernand Leger , Exhibition catalogue The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Essay by Jodi Hauptman (Imagining Cities: Lari Pittman's Urban Groove), pp. 83–90
a/drift, Exhibition catalogue Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
1997
1997 Biennial Exhibition, edited by Louise Neri, and Lisa Phillips, Exhibition catalogue Whitney Museum of American Art and Abrams Publishers, New York
1996
Art at the End of the 20th Century: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition catalogue Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Essay by Johanna Drucker, p. 22.
Lari Pittman: A Survey: 1982–1996, with Exhibition catalogue Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Essays by Howard Fox, Dave Hickey and Paul Schimmel
Lari Pittman/Andrea Zittel, Exhibition catalogue The Grossman Gallery of the School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston. Essay by Lelia Amalfitano.
Lari Pittman: Drawings, 1982 to 1985, Exhibition catalogue, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. Essays by Elizabeth Brown and Laurence Rickels.
1995
Stereo-Tip, Exhibition catalogue Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, pp. 60–61
1992
Lari Pittman Paintings 1992, Exhibition catalogue Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna. Text by Christopher Knight
Selected Articles and Reviews
2016
Ebony, David: Lari Pittman, Art in America, April 13
Power, Kim: Just Say When: The Transmutation of Trauma in Lari Pittman’s Nuevos Caprichos, Arte Fuse, February 1
Ho, Yin: Critics’ Picks: Lari Pittman at Gladstone Gallery. Artforum, January
N.N.: Goings On About Town, The New Yorker, January 18, p. 8
2015
Miranda, Carolina: Want to see Lari Pittman paintings without crowds and blocked views? Go to this box in Culver City, The Los Angeles Times, September 22
2014
Berardini, Andrew: After School II Los Angeles, ArtReview, May, pp. 88 – 89
Duncan, Michael: Los Angeles, Lari Pittman: Regen Projects, Art in America, January/February pp. 103, 104
Harvey, Doug: Taste Will Out: Lari Pittman's Avant-Garde Traditionalism, Modern Painters, April 2014, pp. 60 – 65
Pagel, David: Lari Pittman: Rotten America, ArtPulse, May 8
2013
Baran, Jessica: Lari Pittman: Contemporary Museum of Art St. Louis, Artforum, July 19
Cooper, Ivy.: Lari Pittman, Artforum Vol. 52, No. 2, October, pp. 302 – 303
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter: Lari Pittman: From a Late Western Impaerium at Regen Projects, Art Talk on KCRW, November 14
Garrova, Robert: Lari Pittman's Art Wonders How a Disturbed Nation Came to Be, SouthernCaliforniaPublicRadio.org November 21
Greisbach, Sarah Hermes: Review: Lari Pittman at CAM is Eye Candy and Much More, St. Louis Beacon, May 31,
Griffin, Jonathan: Pittman's 'flying carpets' in Los Angeles, The Art Newspaper No. 251, November, p. 40
J.G.: Exhibitions US & Americas: In Brief, The Art News Paper No. 251, November, pp. 40 [ill.]
Kinney, Tulsa: Lari Pittman's Magic Carpet Ride, Artillery Vol. 7, Issue 6, September–October
Knight, Christopher: Lari Pittman's really, really big paintings, The Los Angeles Times Culture Monster, November 8
Molesworth, Helen: Lari Pittman: A Decorated Chronology, Artforum, May, p. 159
Ollman, Leah: Operatic, Violent Visions," The Los Angeles Times, November 23, p. D5
Williams, Maxwell: In L.A., Lari Pittman Takes on American Violence and Identity, Nytimes.com, November 12
Williams, Maxwell: Plowshares, The New York Times, Sunday Styles section, November 17, p. 3
Wagley, Catherine: Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, L.A. Weekly, December 13-19, p. 42
2012
Green, Tyler: A Forgotten Decade: How the art of the 1980's tackled politics, Modern Painters, May, pp. 30-31
Knight, Christopher: Watching Society Heat Up in the 80's, New York Times, May 30
Sonna, Birgit: Cattelan getroffen. Jetzt geht’s los, art – Das Kunstmagazin, April 27
N.N.: Berlin, offene Stadt, Artnet.de, April 13, 2012
N.N.: Gallery Weekend und Berlin Biennale, Berliner Morgenpost, April 26
N.N.: Lari Pittman, Apollo, October 1
2011
Abbe, Mary: A new Walker Art Center show celebrates the homespun, Star Tribune, January 28
Abbe, Mary: Art from the heart, StarTribune.com, January 27
Bryant, Eric: After Three Decades On The Scene…, Art+Auction/Artinfo.com, October 2011, pp. 70-76
Green, Tyler: Best books: Lari Pittman, Artinfo.com/modernartnotes, May 13
Hergeth, Andreas: “Portraits”: mehr als klassische Abbilder, Siegessäule.de, March 29
Humphries, Oscar: Reasons to collaborate, Apollo, January 1
Knight, Christopher: Culture Watch: 'Lari Pittman' by Robert Storr, Wayne Koestenbaum, Helen Molesworth and Lisa Phillips, Latimesblogs.latimes.com, April 12; Instantencore.com, April 13
Reber, Simone: Heuschrecken im Paradies, Der Tagesspiegel, January 7
Scheder, Beate: Malen nach Zahlen, Berliner Zeitung, March 4, p. 28
Silverman, Rena: Lari Pittman at the Gladstone Gallery, BlackBook, September 27, 2011, http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/lari-pittman-at-the-gladstone-gallery/27127
Thondavadi, Natasha: Pittman explains making art ‘sexy’, YaleDailyNews.com, April 5
N.N.: Many Hued, Los Angeles Magazine, March 2011
2010
Buckley, Richard: L.A. à l'art libre, Vogue Paris, December, p. 240-247 (ill)
Hawkins, Richard: Best of 2010, Artforum, December, p. 199 (ill.)
Karscher, Eva: Einfach mal nein sagen, Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 20
Kushner, Rachel: Surface Tension, L.A. Times Magazine, September
Miles, Christopher: Lari’s Signature, L.A. Weekly, September 9
Molesworth, Helen: Best of 2010, Artforum, December, p. 222 - 223 (ill.)
Moore, Catlin: Lari Pittman at Regen Projects, DailyServing.com, October 14
Morgan, Megan: Collection Favorites: Lari Pittman, Unframed - The LACMA Blog (lacma.wordpress.com), June 14
Ouroussoff, Nicolai: Designed to Help Uplift the Poor, The New York Times, February 21
Pearson, Clifford A.: Pittman Dowell Residence, Architectural Record, April
Pagel, David: Lari Pittman at Regen Projects and Regen Projects II, Los Angeles Times, September 23
Pittman, Lari: It Speaks to Me: Lari Pittman on Henri Matisse's 'The Black Shawl' at the Norton Rappolt, Mark: Houses of Light, Apollo, September, p. 75-79 (ills)
Simon, Los Angeles Times, November 17
Smith, Roberta: Post-Minimal to the Max, The New York Times, February 14, P. AR1
Wolper, Carol: The Wild, Wild West, Art Basel Miami Beach Magazine, December, pp. 104 (ill.)
N.N.: Einfach mal nein sagen, Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 20
N.N.: Pittman Dowell Residence by Michael Maltzan Architecture, ArchitectureLab.net, May 24
N.N.: Pittman Dowell Residence by Michael Maltzan, Los Angeles, USA, The Architectural Review, July 27
2009
Botzoman, Anka: Lari Pittman, EXBERLINER, October, p. 35
Engler, Katja: Im Rausch der Farben, Die Welt am Sonntag, April 19
Gretzschel, Matthias: Cecily Brown: Malen ist für mich wie Sex, Hamburger Abendblatt, April 22
Hergeth, Andreas: Üppig himmelwärts: Lari Pittman bei Gerhardsen Gerner, Siegessaeule.de,
September 3, 2009
Miles, Christopher: Thomas Hirschhorn, Andrew Lord, and Lari Pittman at Regen Projects, LA Weekly, April 16 – April 22, p. 49 (ill.)
Smith, Roberta: A Grand and Intimate Modern Art Trove, The New York Times, May 24, P. C1
N.N.: "Stages", a Global Art Show to Raise Funds and Awareness for the Fight Against Cancer, Cancer Weekly, July 28
2008
McKenna, Kristine: SoCal Color, The New York Times Style Magazine, Spring, pp. 150–1, ill.
Knight, Christopher: Art Review: Walker's Rich Palette: Black and White, Los Angeles Times, March 5, p. E1
Smith, Roberta: Lari Pittman, The New York Times, November 28, p. C26
2007
Berardini, Andrew: Rise and sprawl, www.artforum.com/diary, September 20
Cash, Stephanie: Art:21 on the air, Art in America, October 1
Farber, Jim: On the Edge, Daily News, May 27
Finkel, Jori: A Museum That Lives Within Its Means, The New York Times, July 8
Goldstein, Ann: Artforum, December 1
Guigayoma, John: UCLA museum exhibit to showcase local artists in all mediums, University Wire,
May 22
Harvey, Doug: Pittmania ´07, LA Weekly, October 17, pp. 74–75 (ill.)
Harvey, Doug: Personal Choices, LA Weekly, May 25–31, p.58–60, pp. 58–60
Knight, Christopher: A City Garden of Earthly Delights, Los Angeles Times, May 23, p. E1
Kuipers, Dean: 60 Seconds with Lari Pittman, The Los Angeles Times, October 18, p. WS 31, ill.
Johnson, Ken: New-Art Appreciation: Profiles in Concept, The New York Times, October 27
Littlejohn, David: The Hammer Reinvents Itself as the Brassy Kid on the Block, The Wall Street Journal, May 23
Melrod, George: It’s HAMMER Time!, art ltd., May, p. 45
Miles, Christopher: Lari Pittman, Artforum, December 1
Myers, Holly: Lari Pittman, Art Review, December, p. 130 (ill.)
Myers, Terry: Eden’s Edge: Fifteen LA Artists, Art Review, September, 2007, pp. 116-117, ill.
Pagel, David: Lari Pittman's Fantastic Dreams, Los Angeles Times, September 28, p. E18
Pagel, David: Lari Pittman goes underground, Los Angeles Times, September 28
Pagel, David: Focusing on Life's Ragged Edges, Los Angeles Times, January 19, p. E22
Richardson, Craig: Baffles, Binds and Blind Alleys, Journal of Visual Arts, December, p. 315 - 328
Ryan, Jeffrey: Eden's Edge, Frieze, October, pp. 272–273
Sollins, Susan: Romance, Art:21, Fall, season 4 (ill.)
Voelz Chandler, Mary: Lens focuses on artist view, Denver Rocky Mountain News, October 27
N.N.: Art in the Twenty-First Century, The Hartford Courant, September 30
N.N.: Enigmatic Tales of Lari Pittman and Veronika Kellndorfer, KCRW.com, September 18
2006
Bröymer, Björn: Byen som sprenger grenser, Afterposten – Reise: Berlin, September 20, p. 4 (frontpage ill.)
Carrie Roseland: Lari Pittman, Art Krush Magazine, Issue 42, October 4, www.beta.artkrush.com/51739
Daniels, Corinna: Gerhardsen zeigt steppende Aliens von Lari Pittman, Die Welt, October 13, p. 33
Duncan, Michael: Opening Salvos in L.A., Art in America, November 1
Johnson, Reed: A patron with all the juice, Los Angeles Times, June 18
Knight, Christopher: Paris does L.A. proud, Los Angeles Times, March 15, pp. E1, E6–E7
Maine, Stephen: Lari Pittman at Barbra Gladstone, Art In America, April, pp. 156–7
McCormack, Christopher: New York: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Contemporary, no. 81, p. 90.
Miller, Leigh Anne: The Clayton Brothers at Bellwether, Art in America, November
Muchnic, Suzanne: 33 Pieces Gifted to MOCA, Los Angeles Times, June 1, p. E25
Muchnic, Suzanne: Angelenos in Paris; L.A.'s so Aujourd'hui; Paris Puts Up 30 Years of Southern California Art History – Or At Least One Interpretation, Los Angeles Times, February 26, p. E31
Neil, Jonathan T.D.: Lari Pittman, Modern Painters, February, p. 110
Roseland, Carrie: Lari Pittman, Art Krush Magazine, Issue 42, October 4, http://beta.artkrush.com/51739
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna: Artistry imperfect in ‘Visual Politics. Modern protest art at the Katzen, The Washington Times, March 22
Sozanski, Edward J.: To surrealism and beyond, in Allentown show, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12
Timberg, Scott: UCLA Celebrates Its New Art Center, The Los Angeles Times , September 14
N.N. Vestkystkunst, Dagbladet, Oslo, July 21
2005
Farquharson, Alex: Lari Pittman, Frieze, March, pp. 119–20
Harvey, Doug: State of the Art 2005: Lari Pittman, LA Weekly, October 28 – November 3, cover, p. 53
Johnson, Ken: Lari Pittman, The New York Times, December 9, p. B39
Yablonsky, Linda: From Picket Signs to Creeping Vines, ARTnews, Summer, pp. 174–77
N.N.: Lari Pittman, The New Yorker, December 26, 2005 & January 2, 2006, p. 31
N.N.: Rembrandt und die Kids, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 17
2004
Burnett, Craig: Preview Exhibitions: Lari Pittman, The Guardian Guide, October 2, p. 37
Berkovitch, Ellen: Robert Storr’s new and strange SITE Santa Fe, Pasatiempo, July 16–22, pp. 50–55
Carlson, Lance: Lari Pittman, ArtUS, April/May, pp. 16–17
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter: Artist in Residence, Western Interiors and Design, pp. 148–155
Drohojowska-Phil, Hunter: Desert Classic, Metropolitan Home, November / December, pp. 128–135
Duncan, Michael: Lari Pittman at Regen Projects, Art in America, ApriL, pp. 140
Genocchio, Benjamin: Art Review: Works from the Trove of an Adventurous Collector, The New York Time, September 19
Green, Tyler: Fear Factor, Black Book, Fall, pp. 118-120
Sheets, Hilarie M.: Armand Hammer’s Orphan Museum Turns Into Cinderella in Los Angeles, The New York Times, October 6, pp. B1 & B9
Trebay, Guy: The Art Buyers' Club of Los Angeles, The New York Times, May 16
Williams, Eliza: Lari Pittman: Greengrassi, Art Monthly, pp. 281 – 282
Young, Paul: Money, Power and Picasso’s Bathroom, V Life, February/March, pp. 80 – 87
2003
Codeluppi, Vanni: Il Potere del Consumo, published by Bollati Boringhieri, book cover
Douglas, Sarah: Lari Pittman: Regen Projects, The Art Newspaper, December, p. 9
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter: Desert Classic, Metropolitan Home, November / December, pp. 128–135
Eickhoff, Beate: Hinter jedem Motif eine Geschichte, Kölner Stadtanzeiger, August 15
Harvey, Doug: Voluntary Complexity, LA Weekly, November 21–27, p.44
Heilenman, Diane: Reverie: Works from Collection of Douglas S. Cramer’: Speed Art Museum, ARTnews, October, pp. 136–37
Lord, M.G.: A City Where Locals are Welcome, The New York Times, April 23
Knight, Christopher: Drawing, Not Toeing, the Line, Los Angeles Times, February 7, p. E30
Pagel, David: Nuances Tempo a Gusto for the Garish, Los Angeles Timse, November 28, p. E32
Miles, Christopher: Critics’ Picks, Artforum.com, November 21, online
Miles, Christopher: A Visual ‘Dictatorship’ Along Venice’s Canals, Los Angeles Times, June 18, p. E1 & E6, ill.
Morris, Barbara: L.A. Post Cool’ at the San Jose Museum of Art, Artweek, February
Muchnic, Suzanne: Watch Your Step, ARTnews, Summer, p. 127
Myers, Holly: Redefining Boundaries of What’s Hip, Los Angeles Times, July 28, p. E8
Smith, Roberta: Art Review: A Bread-Crumb Trail to the Spirit of the Times, The New York Times, January 17
Stoeber, Michael: Painting Pictures. Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstforum International, No. 165, S. 294
Vetrocq, Marcia: Venice Biennale, ‘Every Idea But One, Art in America, September,p. 136
N.N.: Programmierfluß des Pinsels, Neue Züricher Zeitung, May 28
N.N.: Painting Pictures – Entdeckungsreise durch Malerei und Medien im Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Leipziger Volkszeitung, March 19
2002
Gioni, Massimiliano: Playing Among the Ruins, FlashArt, May–June, p. 78
Muchnic, Suzanne: With all its hang-ups, the L.A. gallery scene thrives, Los Angeles Times, November 24
Nichols, Matthew Guy: Lari Pittman at Barbara Gladstone, Art in America, December, p. 110
Rossi, Michael: Los Angeles Class, artnet.com, April 29
Skarf, Shayna: Time Out New York, April 25–May 2
2001
Christopher, Miles: Lari Pittman, Artforum, April, p. 143
Drohojowska-Philp: Where Life and Art Commingle, Los Angeles Times, pp. E1, E5
Myers, Holly: Freedom From Cool, Los Angeles Times, March 2, p. F30
Pagel, David: Texture Upon Texture in Pittman's Paintings, Los Angeles Times, February 16, p. F26
Zimmer, Nina: Dick aufgetragen – “The Mystery of Painting” in der Sammlung Goetz, Artechock.de, October 30
N.N.: Regen Projects I-D, Gallery Issue No. 208, April, p. 215
N.N.. Lichtjahre entfernt, Neue Züricher Zeitung, December 17
2000
Albertini, Rosanna: Getty Departures, Art Press, July, p. 257
Allan, Lois: Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty, Artweek, May
Crane, Tricia: Getting the Getty, Brentwood News, March, pp. 17–19
Cooper, Jacqueline: Departures, New Art Examiner, July/August
Freudenheim, Susan: The Getty's Link to the Living, Los Angeles Times, Sunday, March 5, Calendar cover story
Harvey, Doug: Monumental Edibles at the Getty Contemporary, LA Weekly, March 10–16, p. 37–38
Johnson, Reed: Getty Exhibition Marks Departure from Ordinary, Daily News, April 13, p. 12
Johnson, Reed: Impressions of the Getty, Daily News, April 20
Kushner, Robert: Lari Pittman at Barbara Gladstone, Art in America, May, p, 160
Littlejohn, David: The Gallery: Hilltop Invitational, Wall Street Journal, April 25, p. A24
Miles, Christopher: Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty, Artforum, January
Morgan, Susan: The Getty Gets Real, Elle Magazine, March
Mulatero, Ivana: Lari Pittman (interview), Juliet Art Magazine, November–January, pp. 38–39
Pagel, David: Fresh Riffs on a Theme, Los Angeles Times, March 1
Van Gelder, Lawrence: Past to Present, The New York Times, February 26
Wolf, Sara: A departure for the Getty, The Orange County Register, March 12, pp. 21 –22
N.N.: In the Museums: Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty, Art-Talk, February
1999
Glueck, Grace: Lari Pittman, The New York Times, December 10, p. B47
Knight, Christopher: Taking Issues with Ideas About Art, Los Angeles Times, January 7
Leguizamo, John: Manhattan Transfer, Los Angeles Magazine, February, pp. 59–61
Ollman, Leah: Connections, Los Angeles Times, October 1, p. F26
Peaker, Carol: Lari Pittman: Institute Contemporary Art, InternationaL Contemporary Art, November/January, p. 50
Plagens, Peter, & Brown, Corie: Hollywood's Big Art Deal, Newsweek, December 6, , pp. 78–80
Saltz, Jerry: The Managerial Sublime, The Village Voice, November 30
Solomon, Deborah: How to Succeed in Art, New York Times Magazine, June 27, pp. 38–41
Rawsthorn, Alice: L.A. Story: The most exciting art is now produced in Los Angeles, British Vogue, April, pp. 79–82
Vincent, Steven: Impact Players, Art & Auction, May 15, pp. 75–81
Vogel, Carol: Inside Art: The Getty as Muse, The New York Times, August 6
N.N.: Future Shock, Los Angeles Magazine, December, pp. 160
N.N.: Morning Report, Los Angeles Times, August 4
1998
Burrows, Wayne: As happy as Lari, In the City, p. 29
Cook, Christopher: Lari Pittman, Modern Painters, pp. 103–5
Cooper, Dennis: Dennis Cooper on... Lari Pittman, The Evening Standard, London, July 16
Cotter, Holland: Art Review: 'Painting From Another Planet', New York Times, July 24, p. B39
Cotter, Holland: Ideas from the Air, Wrapped in Paper, New York Times, December 19, p. B35
Damgaard, Mogens: Den iscenesatte by, Fyns Stiftidende, July 7
Feaver, William: ART: East International, Lari Pittman The Observer Review, July 26, pp. 6–8
Gerstler, Amy: Art Attack, Los Angeles Magazine, November, pp. 98–105
Graig, Randy: A letter from L.A., Sunday Oregonian, December 21, p. 8
Haithman, Diane: Framing an Art World Merger, Los Angeles Times, July 8, pp. F1, F8
Handler, Ruth: Lari Pittman, Art. Das Kunstmagazin, September, pp. 70–71
Harvey, Doug: Pos. and Neg.;Up and Down with “Sunshine and Noir” , LA Weekly, November 6–12, p. 56
Higgs, Matthew: Vive Les Sixties, Art Monthly, September, p. 2
Hultkrans, Andrew: Surf and Turf, Artforum, Summer, pp. 106–113, 146
Ingleby, Richard: Visual Art, The Independent, London, July 14
Johnson, Ken: A Post-Retinal Documenta, Art in America, October, p. 86
Jones, Ronald: The Best of 1998, Artforum pp. 100–101
McEwen, John: Walls of sound and fury, The Sunday Telegraph, London, July 26
Mooney, Jim: Queer Pickings: The Art of Lari Pittman, Third Text, Issue 44, Autumn, pp. 79–86
Morgan, Stuart: Lari Pittman: Cornerhouse, Manchester, Art Monthly, July–August, pp. 26–27
Morgan, Stuart: The Human Zoo, Stuart Morgan on Documenta X, Frieze, September/October, p. 77
Muchnic, Suzanne: Forget the Musty Cliche's, LA Times, Calendar, December 20, p. 63
Muchnic, Suzanne: Acquisition and Merger, Artnews, Summer, p. 74
Muchnic, Suzanne: Lari Pittman: Regen Projects, Art news, June, p. 132
Nittve, Lars: Kunst in L.A., Merian, April, pp. 30–7
Pagel, David: My European Art Pilgrimage [or what I did on my summer vacation, art issues, September/October, p. 29
Pagel, David: Pittman Makes Acrobatic Leap, Soars Above Crowd, The Los Angeles Times, January 30, F28
Pagel, David: Lari Pittman, Bomb: The best of Bomb magazine's interviews with artists, pp. 168–175
Parkes, James Cary: California Screaming, Gay Times, London, May, p. 70
Patterson, Tom: Catchy: Humor, Satire Abound in Show at SECCA, Winston-Salem Journal, September 7
Philp, Hunter Drohojowska: Lari Pittman at Regen Projects, Art & Auction, February, p. 56
Price, Dick: Exhibition of the Month: Lari Pittman, I-D Magazine, June
Rian, Jeff: “Sunshine & Noir “ and “L.A. Times," Flash Art, October, pp. 61, 67
Searle, Adrian: Nice but can you keep your trousers on next time?, The Guardian, London, August 4, p.10
Sewell, Brian: Abject Bilge, The Evening Standard, London, August 20, pp. 26–27
Tozer, John: Lari Pittman, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 19, p. 69
Wallach, Amei: Vision of the Void Behind the California Sun, New York Times, November 29, pp. 43– 44
Rubinstein, Raphael: Abstraction Out of Bounds, Art in America, November, pp. 104–115
Wilson, Jennifer: Strokes of Genius: Lari Pittman's vibrant paintings break all the rules, Los Angeles Magazine, November, p. 184
N.N.: Il re della Pop Art, Architechtural Digest, Edizione Italiana, July
N.N.: Art Market: Our choice of London contemporary galleries, The Art Newspaper, No.83, July–August
N.N.: Lari Pittman at Regen Projects, dArt International, Volume 1, No. 2, p.29
N.N.: Identity Crisis; Artist Lari Pittman questions queer stereotypes, Time Out, London, July 15–22, p.106
N.N.: Calculated Celebrations, Hot Line, p. 7
N.N.: News: Lari Pittman: Exeter, Manchester, Flash Art, June, p. 52
N.N.: Elusive Paradise, The Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Fall, p. 3
N.N.: Szene Los Angeles: Lari Pittman, Art das Kunstmagazin, December, p. 32
N.N.: Exhibitions: Lari Pittman, The Guardian, May 16–22, p. 5, 11
N.N.: Way out west coast life, MEN, May 15
N.N.: Midlands & North West Previews, Art Review, May, p. 7
N.N.: Week in Preview, Los Angeles Times, Calendar
N.N.: Glühbirnen leuchten der Wahrheit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 5
1997
Brodersen, Annette: L.A. Under Huden, Aktuelt, May 16, Section 2, p. 3
Ericsson, Lars O.: Ljus och svarta fran L.A., Dagens Nyhoter, May 23
Frehner, Matthias: Kopfgeburt und Kunstsalat: Die “ducumenta X” in Kassel und “Skulptur.Projekte” in Münster, Neue Züricher Zeitung, June 26
Goodeve, Thyrza Nichols: Signs of the Times: Q/A Thyrza Nichols Goodeve on copy shopping, Artforum, May, pp. 25–6
Haase, Amine: Nicht Namen, sondern Werke zählen Einblicke in das Gedankengeflecht der D X. Ein Gespräch mit Catherine David, Kunstforum International, No. 137, S. 434
Knight, Christopher: X Marks the Flop, Los Angeles Times, Calendar, July 20, pp. 4 & 67
Knight, Christopher: Show Time at Biennial: Send in the Big Crowds, Los Angeles Times, pp. F1, F26
Larsen, Lars Bang: Los Angeles i Humlebaek, Poltiken, May 14
McKenna, Kristine: It Happens Every Two Years, Los Angeles Times, Calendar, March 9, pp. 3, 78
Opie, Catherine: Faces of L.A.: Lari Pittman, L.A. Weekly, January 3–9
Sandberg, Lotte Kunst Los Angeles på kunstkartet, Aftenposten, Oslo, May 21
Saltz, Jerry: Showtime at the Whitney: Third Floor, Time Out New York, April 3, 10, p. 39
Schjeldahl, Peter: Museumification 1997: The Whitney Biennial as Pleasure Machine, The Village Voice, April 1, pp. 80–81
Schröder, J.L.: Sunshine & Noir. Art IN L. A. 1960-1997. Louisiana Museum; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstforum International, No. 139, S. 409
Tsingou, Emily: Art Reviews: Lari Pittman, White Cube, Blocnotes, No. 14, January–February, p.131–2
Trebay, Guy: Dialogue of the Biennialites, The Village Voice, April 1, pp. 50–1
Vogel, Carol: Inside Art, New York Times, July 24, p. B34
Vogel, Carol: Inside Art, The New York Times, January 3, p. B18
N.N.: Lari Pittman: Like You, ASC11, June 23, pp. 46–47
N.N.: Konsten och varldsstadens sjal, Arbetet Nyheterna, May 18
N.N.: 1997 Biennial Guide, Whitney Magazine of the Whitney Museum of American Art,
Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring
N.N.: Mike Kelley and L.A. Art Scene: BT Magazine, February, pp. 76–77
N.N.: Faces to Watch '97, The Los Angeles Times, Calendar section, January 5, p. 11
1996
Anspon, Catherine D.: Paintings that Speak with the Voice of the People, Public News, October 2, p. 8
Chattopadhyay, Collette: A Conversation with Lari Pittman, artist, Artweek, August, pp. 19–20
Cutajar, Mario: The Democracy of Images, Art + Text, November, pp. 40–41
Dambrot, Shana Nys: Lari Pittman, Hot Lava, August
Dambrot, Shana Nys: Lari Pittman, Hot Lava, August, p. 28–33
Darling, Michael: Nothing's Shocking, Los Angeles Reader, February 23, p. 11
Deitcher, David: Pittman's Progress, Out, August, p. 44
Dewan, Shaila: Frill a Minute, Houston Press, October 31–November 6, p. 43
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter: Art About Life, Si, Summer, pp. 22–25, 78
Duncan, Michael: Flash and Filigree, Art in America, December, pp. 64–71, 113, cover
Frank, Peter: Pale Males, LA Weekly, July 26–August 1, pp. 38–40
Frank, Peter: Critiques of Pure Abstraction, Lari Pittman Drawings, LA WEEKLY, March 8–14, p. 126
Graham, Robert: Pittman's Art Should Stand, Fail on Own Merit, Los Angeles Times, Counterpunch, March 4, p. F3
Greene, David A.: Lari Pittman at Regen Projects, Art Issues, January/February, p. 48
Greene, David: LA Story, Art Monthly, February 1996, No. 193, pp. 8–10
Helfand, Glen: Art Throb, The Advocate, September 17
Helfand, Glen: Hope and glamour: Pittman retrospective is an orgy of glorious desserts, Bay Area Reporter, August 8, pp. 39–41
Johnson, Patricia C.: Colorful chaos, Houston Chronicle, October 18, pp. 1D, 4D
Kent, Sarah: Lari Pittman, Time Out London, October 16–23
Knaff, Devorah L.: Allusions to stories we know – or do we?, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside), July 28
Knight, Christopher: Critics Pick,, Los Angeles Times, May 18, pp. SP 4 + SP 10
Knight, Christopher: Faces to Watch in '96, Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, 16 January, p. 9
Knight, Christopher: Best of 1996, Artforum, December, p. 91
Knight, Christopher: Just How Contemporary?, The Los Angeles Times , December 15, Calendar section, pp. 3, 64–65
Knight, Christopher: When More Really is More, Los Angeles Times, Calendar, June 16, cover, pp. 1, 8–9, 83
Knight, Christopher: There's 'Sexual Politics' and Museum Politics Too: Best Museum Show, The Los Angeles Times, Calendar section
Kornblau, Gary: Best of 1996, Artforum, December, p. 96
L.A. Weekly, July 26
Levi, Lawrence: Shows Not To Miss, Art & Antiques, July
Miles, Christopher: Lari Pittman's Table Manners, Detour Magazine, June/July, pp. 140 + 142
Pagel, David: A Powerful, Defining Moment, Los Angeles Times, Calendar, June 25, cover, pp. F1 & F9
Pagel, David: Lari Pittman, Atelier, December, cover and pp. 32–43
Pagel, David: Lari Pittman, frieze, Summer, pp. 78–79
Plagens, Peter: Sketchbook: Lari Pittman review, Civilization, December/January, pp. 22–3
Relyea, Lane: Lari Pittman: LACMA, Artforum, September, p. 104
Smith, Richard: Lari Pittman at the Los Angeles County Museum, Artweek, August
Snow, Shauna: Art: No Otis Regrets, The Los Angeles Times, December 18
Wachs, Joel: Pittman's Eloquent Voice, Los Angeles Times, 17 February, p. F16
Wilson, William: The Decadent Decor of Pittman's 'Drawings', Los Angeles Times, 7 February, p. 1, 5
Wilson, MaLin: Coming to Our Senses, Art Issues, November/December, pp. 18–21
Young, Paul: Buzz Bets, Buzz, June/July, p. 34
Zellen, Jody: Lari Pittman, Artscene, July/August
N.N.: Flash Art News: Pittman Solo, Flash Art, November–December, p. 47
N.N.: Catalogs, Communication Arts Design Annual, November, p. 88
N.N.: Review of 'Drawings' Draws Anger, Los Angeles Times, February 26, p. F3
N.N.: Joyful Noise: The Art of Lari Pittman, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Magazine, June, p. 4–5, cover
N.N.: The 100 Coolest People in Los Angeles, Buzz, October
N.N.: Pick of the Bunch: Lari Pittman, Attitude Magazine, October
1995
Avgikos, Jan: 1995 Biennial, Artforum, Summer, pp. 100–101, 136
Behr, Martin: Asprin auf Holz, Vinyl auf Folie, Salzburger Nachricheten, March 11, p. 11
Bland, Celia: Back to Basics, Museums New York, March/April
Bonetti, David: San Francisco Show and Tell, Out Magazine, April
Giulivi, Ariella: Lari Pittman at Studio Guenzani, Tema Celeste, April/May
Giulivi, Ariella: Passaggio a Oriente, Tema Celeste, January–March
Hirsh, Faye: Lari Pittman at Jay Gorney Modern Art, Flash Art, January–February, pp. 96–97
Jones, Amelia: Lari Pittman's Queer Feminism, Art + Text, January, pp. 36–42, cover
Kandel Susan: Lari Pittman’s Bucolic, Bizarre Paintings, Los Angeles Times, pp. F20
Karmel, Pepe: Dutch Wives, Phone Sex and Other Cheap Thrills, New York Times, September 22
Knight, Christopher: Last Chance For Eden, Art Issues, 1995
Knight, Christopher: Toning it Down at the Whitney, Los Angeles Time, Calendar, April 16, p. 5, 54
Pinto, Roberto: Lari Pittman at Studio Guenzani, Flash Art, (Italian version), April/May
Relyea, Lane: Fear and Loathing at the Whitney, frieze, Summer, pp. 38–41
Schmerler, Sarah: Carroll Dunham and Lari Pittman, Time Out, October 11–18, p. 29
N.N.: Die Kunst, der Kanten Brot und die endlosen Kontroversen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 6
1994
Chadwick, Susan: Exciting Exhibit Displays Technical Mastery, Houston Post, May 5
Cotter, Holland: Lari Pittman at Jay Gorney Modern Art, The New York Times, September 30
Duncan, Michael: Lari Pittman at Rosamund Felsen, Flash Art, March/April, p. 108–109
Duncan, Michael: L.A. Rising, Art in America, December, pp. 72–83
Frohman, Mark: Owl Job, Public News, (Houston), May 18
Gardner, Paul: Lights, Canvas, Action: When Artists Go to Movies, Artnews, December
Gardner, Paul: Is Art Good For You?, Artnews, March
Knight, Christopher: A Suggestion of Cultural Edginess, Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1994, pp. F1, F11
Myers, Terry R.: A Hard Picture is Good to Find: Productivity and Value in the Work of Lari Pittman / Que gusto Encontrar una Pintura Dificil: Productividad y Valor en la Obra de Lari Pittman, Atlantica, Winter (94–95), pp. 92–99, 177–180
Myers, Terry R.: Painting Camp, Flash Art, December, p. 73–75
Myers, Terry R.: Lari Pittman at Felsen Gallery, New Art Examiner, March
Myers, Terry R.: Lari Pittman at Jay Gorney, Art & Auction, September, p. 52
Saltz, Jerry: L.A. Rising, Art & Auction, April, pp. 88–91, 122
Scarborough, James: Lari Pittman at Rosamund Felsen, Art Press, November
Servetar, Stuart: True Lies, False Falseness & Defensive Vulnerability, New York Press, October 19
Smith, Roberta: Group Shows of Every Kind..., New York Times, 25 February
N.N.: The Blind Man, (illustration only) No. 3, October
N.N.: Bound and Determined, The New Yorker, October 24
N.N.: The Space of Time, Art Nexus (Columbia), January–March
N.N.: The New Yorker, caricature of Lari Pittman by New Yorker staff artist, October 24
N.N.: Amerikas Westküste: Neuer Ausstellungsfrühling in Los Angeles, Handelsblatt, September 23
1993
Cameron, Dan: What Goes Around..., Art & Auction, October
Clarkson, David: Lari Pittman at Jay Gorney Modern Art, Flash Art News, review October
Cottingham, Laura: The Pleasure Principled, frieze, May, pp. 10–15, ill.
Deitcher, David: Dividing the Sheep from the Goats, Artforum, May, pp. 13–14
Dell'Orso, Silvia: L'artista-Rambo non abita piu qui, Il Giornale Dell'Arte, (Milan), March
Drohojowska-Philp: Hunter, She Deals in Dangerous Art, Los Angeles Times, September 12
Drohojowska, Hunter: The Pleasure Posture, Art Issues, November–December, pp. 20–23
Duncan, Michael: LAX Lifts Off, Art in America, April, pp. 51–55
Gimelson, Deborah: The Whitney Biennial: The Show the Art World Loves to Hate, Mirabella, New York, March
Jones, Bill: The Space of Time, Poliester (Mexico City), December
Kimmelman, Michael: The Exquisite Corpse Rises From the Dead, The New York Times, November 7
Knight, Christopher: Whitney Biennial: Crushed By It's Good Intentions, Los Angeles Times, March 10
Kravagna, Christian: LAX. Neun kalifornische Künstler. Galerie Krinzinger, Kunstforum International,
No. 121
Muchnic, Suzanne: Lari Pittman: Fast Forward, Artnews, November
Nesweda, Peter: Lari Pittman at Krinzinger, Forum, (Antwerp), January–February
Pagel, David: A Visit to the Hyperactive World of Lari Pittman, Los Angeles Times, December 4
Pincus, Robert: Pittman as Bright as Ever, The San Diego Union-Tribune, November 28
Rian, Jeff: The 1993 Whitney Biennial: Everyone Loves a Fire, Flash Art, May–June, pp. 78–79
Smith, Roberta. Shades of a Rebirth for Painting, The New York Times, June 18
Schjeldahl, Peter: Art + Politics = Biennial/Missing: The Pleasure Principal, The Village Voice, March 16
Smith, Roberta: At the Whitney Biennial With a Social Conscience, New York Times, March 5
N.N.: The Paris Review, cover, Summer, Issue #127
1992
Adams, Brooks: review, Art in America, September, p. 123
Bonami, Francesco: US Pain: New American Figuration, Flash Art, May–June
Cameron, Dan: Sweet Thing, Artforum, December, pp. 58–59, cover
Carlson, Lance: Darkness and Light, Artweek, March 19
Clothier, Peter: Lari Pittman, Artnews, February
January 31–February 6
Cooper, Dennis; Yancy C.: Lari Pittman: The August Vigilante, Artforum, December, pp. 54–57, cover
Davis, Bruce: Artists' Books, review, Art Issues, March–April, p. 31
Drohojowska, Hunter: Helter Skelter: LA Raw, Artnews, April
Frohmann, Gunther: Ganz schön lax, Wirtschafts Woche, November
Knight, Christopher: An Art of Darkness at MOCA, Los Angeles Times, 28 January
Kandel, Susan: Lari Pittman, Arts, April
Merrill, R.J.: A Conversation with Lari Pittman, Artweek, March 19
Muchnic, Suzanne: Helter Skelter: Art in the City of Angeles and Demons, Los Angeles Times, 26 January
Myers, Terry R.: Lari Pittman at Arthur Roger: Fear Strikes Out, QW, October 4
Pagel, David: Helter Skelter, Art Issues, May–June, pp. 32–33
Smith, Roberta: review, New York Times, 15 May
Smith, Roberta: Lari Pittman, review, New York Times, March 27
Rugoff, Ralph: MoCA's Helter Skelter and the Art of Our Times – Apocalypse Noir, LA Weekly, Trenkler, Thomas: Gar nicht lax und etwas bescheiden, Observer, November 5
Whitington, G. Luther: Post, Art & Auction, January
Zellen, Jody: Lari Pittman at Felsen, Arts, January
N.N.: review, The New Yorker, April 27
N.N.: Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, March 30
1991
Pagel, David: A Thrill A Minute: Pittman at Felsen, Los Angeles Times, 7 November
Pagel, David: Lari Pittman, Bomb Magazine, Winter
Weissman, Benjamin: Lari Pittman at Felsen, Artforum, December, pp. 109–110
1990
Britton, Donald: Cover, Art Issues, May, cover, p. 36
Carlson, Lance: Lari Pittman, New Art Examiner, April
Friis-Hansen, Dana: The LA Art Scene, Art New England, September
Geer, Susan: Lari Pittman, Los Angeles Times, February 16
Parks, K.D.: Lari Pittman, Exposure, October
Selwyn, Marc. Lari Pittman, Flash Art, May–June
Scarborough, James: Carving Out a Niche, Artweek, May 17
Snow, Shauna: Faces, Los Angeles Times, March 4
1989
Curtis, Cathy: Lari Pittman, Los Angeles Times, August 18
Curtis, Cathy: Lari Pittman, Los Angeles Times, January 13
Gerstler, Amy: Lari Pittman, review Artforum, March
Kandel, Susan: Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, January 27–February 2
Kandel, Susan: Lari Pittman, Arts Magazine, April
Kelley, Mike: Foul Perfection: Thoughts on Caricature, Artforum, January
Knight, Christopher: Pittman Paints in His Own Language, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, January 27
Selwyn, Marc: Lari Pittman, Flash Art, March
Weissman, Benjamin: Lari Pittman, Art Issues, May
1988
Clothier, Peter: Lari Pittman, review, Artnews, September
Fehlau, Fred: Lari Pittman – A Close Reading, Visions, Winter
Flam, Jack: LA's Growing Art Scene, Wall Street Journal, March 9
Gardner, Colin: Cal Arts: Skeptical Belief(s), review, Artforum, April
Knight, Christopher: Majestic Mementos, Los Angeles Christopher Knight, February 19
Leigh, Christian: LA Hot and Cool – the Eighties, Artforum, April
Muchnic, Suzanne: Cohesive Show Looks at Life from 'Distance', Los Angeles Times, April 27
Muchnic, Suzanne: review, Los Angeles Times, February 19
Pincus, Robert L.: Cal Arts Alumni Show: Skeptical Beliefs in a Variety of Ways, San Diego Union, February 28
1987
Brenson, Michael. Art: Whitney Biennial's New Look, The New York Times, April 10
Cotter, Holland: Eight Artists Interviewed, Art in America, May
Gipe, Lawrence: Against Irony, LA Weekly, February 13–19
Knight, Christopher. Whitney Show Reflects Calm After Storm, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, May
Wilson, William: review, Los Angeles Times, February 20
Wolff, Theodore F.: Fun Flashy and Fashionable, The Christian Science Monitor, April 16
N.N.: LA Art Star Has a Stroke of Ingenious Reinvention, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, February 22
1986
Drohojowska, Hunter: Lari Pittman, Artnews, February
Gardner, Colin: Lari Pittman, review, Artforum, April
McDonald, Robert: Pittman Proves the Ugly Can Offer Fascination, Los Angeles Times (San Diego Edition), October 21
N.N.: Paintings of Lari Pittman Are Multi-faceted, Engaging, The San Diego Union, October 2
1985
Gardner, Colin: Lari Pittman, Flash Art, January
Gipe, Lawrence: Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, December 13–19
Knight, Christopher: Pittman's Newest Work Radical, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, December 8
Mallinson, Constance. Lari Pittman at Rosamund Felsen, Art in America, February
Muchnic, Suzanne: Lari Pittman, review, Los Angeles Times, November 29
1984
Baltz, Jon Robin: Art: The Mexican Connection, Reader, May 18
Drohojowska, Hunter: Lari Pittman at Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, October 26
Gardner, Colin: Art in Los Angeles, Reader, October 26
Lloyd, Robert: Weekend in LA, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, October 26
Pincus, Robert L.: Lari Pittman, review, Los Angeles Times, October 5
1983
Albright, Thomas: LA Artists in an Exchange Show Here, San Francisco Chronicle, May 30
Curtis, Cathy: Up From the South, Artweek, May 28
Howe, Katherine: Los Angeles – New York Exchange, Images & Issues, Nov–Dec
Knechtel, Tom: A Wistful Angst, Artweek, January 22
Larsen, Susan C.: Lari Pittman, Artforum, May
Rose, Robert C.: New Works at Mandeville by 5 'Emerging' Painters, Los Angeles Times (San Diego Edition), October 8
Wilson, William: Lari Pittman, Los Angeles Times, January 14