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阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯

A Moment Alone in the Shade

New York

9月7日–2023年11月4日

Work on paper by Arcmanoro Niles

501 West 24th Street

New York, NY 10011

Lehmann Maupin presents A Moment Alone in the Shade, an exhibition of new works on paper by New York-based artist Arcmanoro Niles, marking the artist’s third solo show with the gallery and his first exhibition exclusively of works on paper.

Throughout this body of work, Niles represents quiet moments that linger in memory: a man embracing his small children, a couple kissing through a car window, a man playing a guitar outside. The artist depicts vivid and often deeply personal scenes, and across the exhibition, he shows individuals in various moments of relaxation and reflection, whether engaging with loved ones or exploring passions. Charting a record of contemporary existence that is simultaneously intimate and collective, the artist makes his own formative experiences keenly communicable to others, prompting moments of empathy, understanding, and self-reflection for his viewers.

Installation view of Arcmanoro Niles at Lehmann Maupin New York
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Work on paper by Arcmanoro Niles

阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯

Sometimes I Never Want This to End, 2023

Work on paper by Arcmanoro Niles

阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯

A Moment Alone in the Shade (How Far I've Come from Where I've Been), 2023

Work on paper by Arcmanoro Niles

阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯

Tell Me That You’ll Never Leave, 2023

Work on paper by Arcmanoro Niles

阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯

I Know I’m a Lucky Man (I Would Never Say Never Again), 2023

Work on paper by Arcmanoro NilesWork on paper by Arcmanoro Niles

阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯

I Can Still Hear You Laughing Last Spring in My Head, 2023

Work on paper by Arcmanoro Niles

阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯

The City Never Moved Slow Enough for Me, 2023

Work on paper by Arcmanoro Niles

阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯

Jack and Coke in My Grandfather’s Car (It’s Never Nothing Like the First Time), 2023

Work on paper by Arcmanoro Niles

阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯

They Say I Walk Just Like Him (My Grandpa Was the Working Kind), 2023

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Portrait of Arcmanoro Niles

阿卡瑪諾羅·奈爾斯(1989年生於美國華盛頓,現於紐約工作和生活)透過創作色彩明亮鮮豔的繪畫,拓寬傳統風俗畫和肖像畫的既定概念。奈爾斯提供了一扇窗口,讓觀眾一探日常生活中看似平凡的時刻,例如坐在餐桌前吃早餐的孩子、準備上車的男人、在臥室裡的夫婦。這些作品取材自奈爾斯親朋好友的照片,以及他回憶中的過去。奈爾斯的作品非常個人並具有強烈的自傳性,主要圍繞「家居」和「家庭生活」兩個普世主題。作品借鑒了許多藝術前輩的藝術風格,例如意大利和荷蘭的巴洛克風格、歷史繪畫、色域繪畫和古埃及雕塑等許多富有歷史價值的藝術實踐。奈爾斯受多種風格和流派啟發,尤其是16世紀意大利畫家卡拉瓦喬(Caravaggio)以家人和朋友的日常生活為題的繪畫。透過描繪親友和他們所置身的地方和時間,奈爾斯創造了自己獨有的當代生活記錄。

活力四射的橙色、粉紅色、紫色、藍色和綠色都是奈爾斯作品的標誌,並在創作時逐層上色,以營造出飽和的光芒。作品中每個人物的棕色皮膚都帶金色色調,頭髮亦散發出淡淡的紫色、橙色或粉紅色閃光。起初,奈爾斯奉行更傳統的現實主義創作,直至2015年,奈爾斯為自己無法呈現家人和朋友的皮膚色調深度而感到挫敗。因此他開始繪畫色彩鮮豔的作品,把橙色和粉紅色融入場景的背景中,為作品增添了深度和活力。這不但使他的作畫技術更穩固,並改變了此後每幅畫。在此期間,奈爾斯亦開始將他稱之為「搜索者」(“seekers”)的角色融入作品中。這些「搜索者」一般是小型的姿態性(gestural)角色,或以圓潤的小精靈為形出現,並代表著人類最原始的衝動和慾望。奈爾斯說:「『搜索者』比較衝動,他們會不顧後果地追逐一切在當下使他們愉快的事物;反之,人類比較容易受傷,但亦較願意敞開心扉。」「搜索者」引領觀眾形式地觀察作品,同時邀請我們想像畫中場景之前或之後可能發生的事,以暗示每個人物的內在動機。

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