Ari Marcopoulos
Biography
Ari Marcopoulos (b. in 1957 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA).
Since arriving in New York from his native Holland in 1979, Ari Marcopoulos has documented the diverse subcultures of America. His photographs and videos depict the brash vitality of underground music and the rebellious athleticism of extreme sports. ln a body of work that demonstrates a rare empathy for his subjects, Marcopoulos neither patronizes tentative expressions of identity nor romanticizes youthful freedom.
His straightforward portraits and lush snapshots capture everyday moments of beauty and anxiety, becoming, as he says, “something that just stands for life lived.”
Marcopoulos’ work has been the subject of exhibitions at New Orleans Museum of Art, USA; Berkeley Art Museum, USA and Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, among others. His work is included in public collections such as USA Berkeley Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; and Switzerland Fotomuseum in Winterthur.
Ari Marcopoulos (né en 1957 à Amsterdam, Pays-Bas ; vit et travaille à Brooklyn, NY, USA).
Depuis son arrivée à New York en 1979, il documente les multiples sous-cultures américaines. À travers ses photographies et vidéos, il capture l’énergie brute de la musique underground et l’esprit rebelle des sports extrêmes. Son travail, empreint d’empathie pour ses sujets, aborde les quêtes identitaires sans jugement ni idéalisation . Ses images témoignent d’une attention rare aux individus qu’il immortalise, oscillant entre l’intensité du quotidien et une forme d’introspection visuelle.
À la croisée du portrait et de l’instantané, ses œuvres traduisent une vision directe et instinctive du monde, où l’intime et le collectif se rencontrent dans des fragments de vie saisis sur le vif. Comme il le décrit lui-même, son travail devient « quelque chose qui représente simplement une vie vécue. »*
Son travail a été présenté dans de nombreuses expositions, notamment au New Orleans Museum of Art, au Berkeley Art Museum et au Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. Ses œuvres font partie de collections publiques telles que celles du Berkeley Museum of Art, du Whitney Museum of American Art, du San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, du New Orleans Museum of Art et du Fotomuseum de Winterthur en Suisse.
Works
Exhibitions
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Ari Marcopoulos
Into the Now 5 Sep - 10 Oct 2020Into the Now is a body of work that was put together during the Covid-19 pandemic. The center piece of the exhibition is a digitized 7’21’ Super-8 film titled Brown...Read more -
Ari Marcopoulos
Machine 2 Sep - 14 Oct 2017Machine Andy Warhol said he wished he could be a machine but I'm not about all that, not exactly. I use a Machine, several in fact - sometimes a Leica,...Read more
News
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Ari Marcopoulos
Au nom du nom, curated by Hugo Vitrani July 1 - September 29, 2024 Read more -
Ari Marcopoulos
Sumo Judo, Dashwood Projects, New York City, USA May 17 - July 3, 2024 Read more -
Ari Marcopoulos
Carte blanche Ari Marcopoulos, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris April 5, 2024 Read more
Art Fairs
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Frieze Los Angeles
Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Wallace Berman, Chloé Delarue, Sheila Hicks, Ari Marcopoulos, Kenjiro Okazaki, Kaz Oshiro, and Mungo Thomson. 20 - 23 Feb 2025For this edition of Frieze Los Angeles, we are pleased to present a thoughtfully curated selection of works by Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Wallace Berman, Chloé Delarue,...Read more -
Armory Show
Wallace Berman, Léo Chesneau, Stephane Henry, Sheila Hicks, Julije Knifer, Ari Marcopoulos, Kaz Oshiro, Mungo Thomson, Blair Thurman 8 - 10 Sep 2023 -
Tokyo Gendai
Sheila Hicks, Ari Marcopoulos, Kenjiro Okazaki, Kaz Oshiro & Mungo Thomson 7 - 9 Jul 2023 -
Art Basel
Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Chloé Delarue, Sheila Hicks, Julije Knifer, Ari Marcopoulos, Kenjiro Okazaki, Bojan Sarcevic, Mungo Thomson 15 - 18 Jun 2023Tomo Savić-Gecan presents an ephemeral project that both extends the artist’s uncompromising, conceptual practice and acutely reflects our contemporary moment. Untitled is a participative performance...Read more