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Ari Marcopoulos
1957
WA-00003920
PhotographyNaive Art
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6
Assets Indexed
5
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70%
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2 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
- LocationGallery Generic· 72%
Source Registry (2)
- TheholeTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Paula-CooperTier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%
About
Why this artist matters now
Ari Marcopoulos works in photography and film, building close, sustained documents of subcultures that resist easy access, including downtown artists, snowboarders, and musicians. Born in the Netherlands and based in New York, he operates as a self-taught practitioner whose proximity to his subjects distinguishes his work from documentary at arm's length. His images carry the grain and intimacy of someone embedded rather than observing, collapsing the distance between photographer and community.
Source: Thehole · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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Naive Art
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