The Layered Provocations of Kevin Larmon In the vibrant, often turbulent landscape of late twentieth-century American art, few voices command attention through such a complex interplay of visibility and concealment as Kevin Larmon. Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1955, Larmon’s journey from a childhood on a small horse farm to the gritty, avant-garde heart of New York City’s East Village serves as a prelude to an artistic career defined by the tension between what is seen and what is hidden. His early years, shaped by the industrious spirit of his working-class roots, eventually led him to Bi…