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Ari Marcopoulos
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Which art books, prints and posters are available by and about this artist? Here is a sample of items of interest to a typical collector:
Capturing an extended retreat in rural Nova Scotia, this volume pairs loose, intimate portraiture and quiet landscapes with a meditative exploration of isolation and creative sanctuary.
The edition came with two choices of prints, each in either of three colors.
This monograph assembles a sweeping selection of black-and-white and color images spanning decades, meditating on memory, human relationships, and the passage of time through an unvarnished personal lens.
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Utilizing stills pulled from video frames, this work experiments with motion and time, transforming fast-paced kinetic moments into grainy, atmospheric studies of movement.
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Parallax is the apparent difference of the position of an object when viewed from different perspectives. This publication points at two different approaches that Marcopoulos has taken in photography. In this case the horizontal “No Home” is edited from images taken over a period of 8 years leading to a non-linear narrative of displacement. While the vertical “Market Place” on the other hand is a study of physicality and motion in a city park done over a series of days. The 2 books, made from the exact same printing sheets–folded and bound differently–come together in a box. Limited edition of 400 copies. Design: Roger Willems.
A fascinating study on book making that fits right in the Bushwick Sur Seine archive.
Ari Marcopoulos’s Directory functions as an expansive, immersive visual index that compiles a vast, democratic archive of people, places, and objects encountered across the artist's extensive travels and daily life. Rather than adhering to a strict linear narrative, the publication treats photography as a sprawling catalog of urban existence, capturing the fleeting textures of modern subcultures, roadside architecture, and intimate encounters with friends and strangers alike.
The work emphasizes Marcopoulos's signature unvarnished, immediate aesthetic, using high-contrast tones and candid framing to treat every subject, whether an anonymous street corner or a prominent countercultural figure, with equal weight. This accumulation of disparate visual fragments builds a dense portrait of a life lived in motion, reflecting the rhythms of travel, transit, and underground communities.
Confining its scope to a precise window of time in a politically charged Athenian neighborhood, this book records the intense atmosphere, street art, and human presence of a specific afternoon.
Ari Marcopoulos’s Fumes is a striking visual exploration of automotive subcultures, mechanical velocity, and the raw adrenaline of racing. Rather than focusing solely on sleek styling or high-end engineering, Marcopoulos dives deep into the grit, noise, and intensity of car culture, capturing the visceral atmosphere of the track and the garages where these machines are pushed to their limits.
The work investigates the complex relationship between humans and machines, highlighting the sensory overload of roaring engines, burning rubber, and the heavy haze of exhaust from which the monograph takes its name. His signature unvarnished, immediate photographic style brings a palpable sense of movement and friction to the pages, treating speed not as an abstraction but as a physical, atmospheric force.
Within Marcopoulos's broader oeuvre, Fumes stands out as a focused departure from his urban street photography and skateboarding documentation, yet it shares the same raw, countercultural DNA. By turning his lens toward the grease-stained mechanics, drivers, and high-performance machinery of the racing world, he frames automotive subculture as another vital expression of fringe intensity, communal obsession, and kinetic energy.
Polaroids 92-95 (CA) documents the West Coast skate and youth subcultures of the early 90s. Discovered in a lost box in 2018, the raw, intimate shots focus on San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and Oakland.
The book, along with its East Coast counterpart Polaroids 92-95 (NY), features key skaters of the era like Julien Stranger, Ethan Fowler, and Bob Burnquist.
Ari Marcopoulos’s Stone Mountain, Georgia presents a focused, incisive visual investigation into one of the American South’s most complex and controversial monuments. Moving away from traditional street photography, Marcopoulos trains his lens on the monumental Confederate carvings etched into the granite face of Stone Mountain and the surrounding park grounds, capturing the unsettling juxtaposition of natural landscape and charged historical symbolism.
The work employs a direct, unvarnished observational style, using crisp detail and natural daylight to document the site's physical scale, tourist infrastructure, and ideological resonance. Without relying on sensationalism, the photographs interrogate how the landscape is inscribed with memory, power, and contested heritage, treating the monument not as a static historical artifact but as an active participant in contemporary American socio-political tensions.
Within Marcopoulos's broader oeuvre, this monograph represents a thoughtful departure into topographical and documentary inquiry, demonstrating how his signature raw aesthetic can be applied to unpick complex cultural landscapes and structural monuments.
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Released as a limited edition for the Zines 2023 Aperture book.
Perimeter Editions / Nieves
Print issued with the book Ainsi Soit-Il, 2023. This is the b&w print of the hills (there were two different images each in b&w, blue or red riso printing)
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The print was issued with the book Black Snow.
Ari Marcopoulos (born 1957 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch-born photographer and filmmaker known for his raw, unvarnished documentation of counterculture, youth movements, and underground music and skateboarding scenes. Having relocated to New York City in the late 1970s, he immersed himself in the downtown art and subcultural circles, capturing figures like Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring alongside anonymous youth.
His photographic practice is characterized by an immediate, low-fi aesthetic that rejects polished studio conventions in favor of candid, lived-in realism. Whether documenting American landscapes through the window of a car, tracking snowboarding legends in remote peaks, or recording the daily rhythms of urban activism, Marcopoulos approaches his subjects with a profound sense of intimacy and presence.
His work frequently takes the form of self-published zines and tactile photobooks that function as physical artifacts of modern life. Exhibited internationally at institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art and SFMOMA, his photographs capture the fleeting textures of contemporary counterculture, cementing his legacy as a vital chronicler of late 20th- and 21st-century subcultures.
Marcopoulos’s practice, anchored by raw, immediate street documentation, zines, and tactile photobooks like Directory and Fumes, shares a direct affinity with the BSS collection’s focus on the unvarnished realities of the urban fabric, subcultures, and the physical integrity of printed matter.
This limited-edition publication documents Ari Marcopoulos's spontaneous, energetic street photography captured around North 6th Street in Brooklyn, preserving the raw texture and fleeting interactions of urban youth culture.
It comes with one of 24 tile prints + one photograph of the complete artwork. Each print is about 20.8 X25.3 cm. Not listed in prints as prints are not signed.