Ari Marcopoulos
Into the Now
We are delighted to present Into the Now, the third solo show of Ari Marcopoulos
at galerie frank elbaz, from September 5 to October 10, 2020.
"Into 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 Bag.
The title refers to a brown paper bag filled with exposed Super-8 film cassettes that I found in my studio unpacking some long-forgotten boxes.
I sent the film out to be developed and digitized. When the material returned it turned out to be mostly skate footage from the mid-90’s in New York. The film had sat in that bag almost 25 years, a true time capsule. I sat down with the footage and edited this film."
Ari Marcopoulos
Brown Bag, 1994/2020
8 mm film with audio, black and white, 7’21’'
MAR1994/2020-2428
Edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP
35,000 $ | 37,100 $ (including VAT)
"Also in the show are a series of 14 vintage prints taken in New York in the 80’s and early 90’s, these include images of Spike Lee on the set of Do the Right Thing, and Public Enemy lead man Chuck D in the recording studio."
Ari Marcopoulos
Keith Haring, 1985
Vintage silver gelatin print
31,4 x 39,1 cm (12 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
MAR1985-2381
Unique
10,000 $ |10,600 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
NYC, 1986
Vintage silver gelatin print
39,1 x 31,4 cm (15 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
MAR1986-2384
Unique
10,000 $ |10,600 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Gordo RIP, 1995
Vintage silver gelatin print
31,4 x 39,1 cm (12 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
MAR1995-2378
Unique
10,000 $ |10,600 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Robert Mapplethorpe, 1986
Vintage silver gelatin print
39,1 x 31,4 cm (15 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
MAR1986-2386
Unique
Sold
Ari Marcopoulos
Chuck D, 1990
Vintage silver gelatin print
31,4 x 39,1 cm (12 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
MAR1990-2375
Unique
10,000 $ |10,600 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Iggy Pop, 1995
Vintage silver gelatin print
39,1 x 31,4 cm (15 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
MAR1995-2380
Unique
10,000 $ |10,600 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Ron Carter, 2020
Xerox print on paper
215,9 x 91,4 cm (85 x 36 in.)
MAR2020-2422
Unique + 1 AP for exhibition purpose
12,000 $ |12,720 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Untitled, 2020
Xerox print on paper
284,5 x 91,4 cm (112 x 36 in.)
MAR2020-2426
Unique + 1 AP for exhibition purpose
12,000 $ |12,720 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Spotting, 2020
Xerox print on paper
403,9 x 91,4 cm (159 x 36 in.)
MAR2020-2417
Unique + 1 AP for exhibition purpose
15,000 $ |15,900 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Tokyo, 2020
Xerox print on paper
190,5 x 91,4 cm (75 x 36 in.)
MAR2020-2421
Unique + 1 AP for exhibition purpose
12,000 $ |12,720 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Wallwork II, 2020
Color pigment print
106,7 x 129,5 cm (42 x 51 in.)
MAR2020-2430
Edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP
16,000 $ | 16,960 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Untitled, 2020
Color pigment print
106,7 x 129,5 cm (42 x 51 in.)
MAR2020-2429
Edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP
16,000 $ | 16,960 $ (including VAT)
Ari Marcopoulos
Maxo, 2020
Color pigment print
106,7 x 129,5 cm (42 x 51 in.)
MAR2020-2431
Edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP
16,000 $ | 16,960 $ (including VAT)
"I have been thinking a lot about living in America during a global pandemic that has simultaneously exposed failure of the health system as well as exposing the blatant racism and white supremacist brutality the US suffers from. These are questions I have long grappled with as an “outsider”. As an artist I often found myself spending time listening and talking to important Black artists, musicians and leaders over the decades."
Ari Marcopoulos
Ft. Greene Park, 2020
Color pigment print
111,8 x 162,6 cm (44 x 64 in.)
MAR2020-2432
Edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP
16,000 $ | 16,960 $ (including VAT)
"I think back from when I was a young child and remembered the day Martin Luther King was murdered, the day I saw Tommie Smith and John Carlos bow their heads and raise their black-gloved fists. I was 11 then, now I am 63 and I wonder when will this violence end?"
- Ari Marcopoulos
For all images
Photo: Claire Dorn
© Ari Marcopoulos