凱文·拉米

Lithograph, 32" x 47", 1985，布鲁克林博物馆
Oil on canvas, 20" x 20", 2002
Acrylic on paper, glued to wall, 10' x 14', 1984, New York

凯文·拉米（，）James Sheehan, “Larmee: in from the street,” East Informer, October 1985.是一位美国画家，以参加了1980年代在纽约东村举行的艺术活动而为人熟知。

 早年生活 
出生于新泽西州，成长于伊利诺斯州芝加哥的郊区。Jonathan Mandell, “Urban Artifacts,” New York Daily News, August 18, 1985.1965-1967年間就读于当时位于伊利诺斯州芒特卡勒尔的夏默学院，並於1967-1968年間就读于。至1969-1970年后，又重新返回夏默学院進修。

之后凯文·拉米在1979年与妻子Susan Isono移居纽约，和他们在1985年出生的儿子布莱斯·拉米居住在SoHo区。

 职业 
 绘画 
在1980年代初，伴随着对众多新画廊的引进，纽约的艺术街开始从SoHo区转移到东村。Helen A. Harrison, “Urban Anxieties Reflected In Paintings From East Village,” New York Times, August 17, 1986.1984年，感到自己的工作没有得到艺术界的足够重视，凯文·拉米开始在深夜将他的大型壁画置于曼哈顿艺术中心附近建筑物的墙壁上。Victoria Donohoe, "Show Emphasizes New Genre Painting,”  Philadelphia Inquirer, October 18, 1986.Stephanie Arena, “Kevin Larmee,” Pulp, July/August 1990.Matthew Rose, “Kevin Larmee,”, May 1986.他会定期检查并维护这些壁画并防止被涂鸦。Jonathan Mandell, “Urban Artifacts,” New York Daily News, August 18, 1985.这些壁画在被清除或者损坏前，有时会保留几个月之久。 Stephanie Arena, “Kevin Larmee,” Pulp, July/August 1990., Robyn Perry,“Private Eye," Artillery Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 3, January/February 2009.

凯文·拉米很快在美国纽约及其他地方的画廊展出，并继续创造街头艺术。Helen A. Harrison, “Urban Anxieties Reflected In Paintings From East Village,” New York Times, August 17, 1986.Victoria Donohoe, "Show Emphasizes New Genre Painting,” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 18, 1986.Matthew Rose, “Kevin Larmee,”, May 1986. 凯文·拉米成为由画廊艺术家组建的街头艺术运动的一份子，Jonathan Mandell, “Urban Artifacts,” New York Daily News, August 18, 1985.在上世纪80年代作为下东城B大道的画廊代表者。画廊在近十年后结束。Stephanie Arena, “Kevin Larmee,” Pulp, July/August 1990., Robyn Perry,“Private Eye," Artillery Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 3, January/February 2009.Carter Ratcliff, “The Art of Innocence,” Elle, Volume II, Number 6, February 1987.凯文·拉米在布鲁克林艺术博物馆第二十四届全国版画展会上展出了作品《今天美国的版画》，1986年走遍国家的各种博物馆。Exhibitions: National Print Exhibition, 24th Biennial: Public and Private: American Prints Today,”  Brooklyn Museum, February 7, 1986.他在1985年创作的香烟石版画是布鲁克林艺术博物馆的永久收藏之一，Cigarette , Brooklyn Museum. Accessed May 27, 2014.,印第安纳波利斯艺术博物馆和等也都有收藏他的作品。Museum References for Kevin Larmee , askart.com. Retrieved May 27, 2014.1989年，凯文·拉米和家人搬到芝加哥，在那里继续绘画。Barbara B. Buchholz, “Elke Claus’ Vivid ‘Information’,” Chicago Tribune, April 18, 1997.

 风格 
凯文·拉米上世纪80年代的版画背景通常是夜间的城市环境，将一到两个孤立个体置于空无一人的街道，地铁站台Victoria Donohoe, "Show Emphasizes New Genre Painting,” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 18, 1986.或有波光的水纹前，Lynn Snowden, “Luminescence Through Darkness,” East Village Eye, November 1985.将强烈的色彩，多层次图案和人物结合起来。Barbara B. Buchholz, “Elke Claus’ Vivid ‘Information’,”Chicago Tribune, April 18, 1997.他的这一技巧被描述为“宽松的画笔和粗糙的质感”。Victoria Donohoe, "Show Emphasizes New Genre Painting,” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 18, 1986.纽约时报在1986年写到，他在地铁站台上的版画“收集移动列车的能量来摆动。”Helen A. Harrison, “Urban Anxieties Reflected In Paintings From East Village,” New York Times, August 17, 1986.他的街头版画的代表作是手夹香烟的金发男人，一个男人站着，手夹香烟，空洞的眼睛盯着地面，身后是纽约的天际线。 Matthew Rose, “Kevin Larmee,”, May 1986. 受印象派的影响，他的作品往往有大量的油漆和纹理，使用平面人物来创作。Stephanie Arena, “Kevin Larmee,” Pulp, July/August 1990.Jacqueline Hall, “Divergent Lancaster shows reveal three faces of art,", July 20, 1986.

 部分展览 
 New York, NY, 1983
Solo exhibition, Avenue B Gallery, New York, NY, 1984
Micro Show, , New York, NY, 1984
, New York, NY, 1984
, New York, NY, 1984
Sex, Sharpe Gallery, New York, NY, 1984
New York, New Art, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1985
Solo exhibition, Avenue B Gallery, New York, NY, 1985
Contemporary Visions '85, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1985
East Village, , New York, NY, 1986
Solo exhibition, Avenue B Gallery, New York, NY, 1986
New York: East Village Exhibit, Lancaster, OH, 1986
Solo exhibition, Giannetta Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1986
Eight Urban Painters, Fine Arts Center Gallery of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1986
Public and Private: American Prints Today, Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY; , Flint, MI; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; 1986–87
Solo exhibition, Signet Arts, St. Louis, MO, 1987
Solo exhibition, Natalie Bush Gallery, San Diego, CA, 1987
The Eccentric Landscape, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1990
Solo exhibition, Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1997
The Art of Democracy, , Chicago, IL, 2008

 参见 
 街头艺术
 新表现主义


 参考资料 

 外部链接 
 凯文·拉米官网

Category:20世紀美國畫家
Category:美国版画家
Category:夏默學院校友
Category:街頭藝術家