Last month, artist Nikki Maloof joined Mark Rappolt, Editor-in-chief at ArtReview, to mark her first exhibition at Perrotin Tokyo: ‘Aspects of Daily Life’.
The exhibition, on view until October 25, is a display of the Illinois-born artist’s oil paintings. Using a saturated palette and contrasting textures to depict domestic scenes of everyday life, Maloof’s work tackles themes like loneliness, melancholy, the familiar and the strange, while dissecting the dichotomies that take place in between. Her latest paintings render dinner tables and leftover plates of food in vivid color, with a recurrent presence of fish and crustaceans which feels like an obvious nod to Japan.
Mark Rappolt spoke to Maloof about her inspirations, from Japanese prints and Lucian Freud to Domenico Gnoli and Renaissance artists, and her use of bright colors as a metaphor for navigating the heavier parts of life. Watch the full interview below.
‘Aspects of Daily Life’ is on view until October 25 at Perrotin Tokyo. Find out more here.
