Ep.128 features Arcmanoro Niles (b. 1989, Washington, D.C.; lives and works in New York, NY). He makes vivid, brightly hued paintings that expand our understanding of traditional genre painting and portraiture. Niles offers a window into seemingly mundane moments of daily life―a child seated at the table for breakfast, a man about to get into his car, a couple in their bedroom―with subjects drawn from photographs of friends and relatives and from memories of his past. The paintings, though intensely personal and autobiographical, engage in universal subjects of domestic and family life while also making reference to numerous art historical predecessors, including Italian and Dutch baroque, history painting, Color Field painting, and ancient Egyptian sculpture. Though drawing from many styles and genres, Niles is particularly inspired by the paintings that 16th-century Italian painter Caravaggio created of daily life through representations of his family and friends. In depicting not only people close to him but the places and times they inhabit, Niles creates his own record of contemporary life.
Photo credit: Arcmanoro Niles in his studio, 2022
Photo by Daniel Kukla
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London
Artist http://www.arcmanoro.com/
Lehmann Maupin Gallery Arcmanoro Niles - Hey Tomorrow, Do You Have Some Room For Me: Failure Is A Part Of Being Alive - Exhibitions -Lehmann Maupin November2022 Exhibitionhttps://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/arcmanoro-niles2
Long Gallery https://www.long.gallery/the-arena-exhibition-page
Hypebeast https://hypebeast.com/2020/2/arcmanoro-niles-i-guess-by-now-im-supposed-to-be-a-man-uta-artist-space-exhibition
UTA Artist Space
http://utaartistspace.com/press/2020/02/18/arcmanoro-niles-first-solo-show-on-the-west-coast-at-uta-artist-space-in-los-angeles/
PAFA Org https://www.pafa.org/news/arcmanoro-niles-bfa-13-featured-current-exhibit-bacchanal-110821
GuildHall https://www.guildhall.org/people/arcmanoro-niles/
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation https://www.louiscomforttiffanyfoundation.org/2019/arcmanoro-niles
Rachel Uffner
https://www.racheluffnergallery.com/exhibitions/detail/arcmanoro-niles/installation-stills
Wikipedia Arcmanoro Niles - Wikipedia
Ocula https://ocula.com/artists/arcmanoro-niles/
Galerie Magazine https://galeriemagazine.com/arcmanoro-niles-lehmann-maupin/
SAIC Arcmanoro Niles (saic.edu)
Elephant Glitter and Ghosts in the Paintings of Arcmanoro Niles -
ELEPHANTICA Boston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g_0nAeWcF0
The Artist Profile Archive https://www.theartistprofilearchive.com/artist-profiles/arcmanoro-niles/#video
