Nikki Maloof's Menagerie at Perrotin New York
Perrotin New York is set to present Menagerie, a solo exhibition featuring new paintings by Nikki Maloof. The works depict imagined interiors and fantastical landscapes that serve as metaphors for human experience and repressed animal instincts. Over recent years, Maloof has expanded her painterly universe to include vast country landscapes, and in this new body of work, she ventures into public spaces such as a zoo and a restaurant. The artist, who works from her backyard studio in Massachusetts after dropping her daughters off at school, follows her creative impulses, allowing metallic patterns to emerge that evoke grids and confinement, leading her to imagine a zoo. The exhibition's title piece, Menagerie, emerges from this process. The show is scheduled to open at the gallery's New York location, continuing Maloof's exploration of intimate and expansive settings.
Key facts
- Perrotin New York will present Menagerie, a solo exhibition by Nikki Maloof.
- The exhibition features new paintings that use imagined interiors and fantastical landscapes as proxies for human experience and repressed animal instincts.
- Maloof has expanded her painterly universe to include vast country landscapes in recent years.
- The new body of work moves into public spaces, including a zoo and a restaurant.
- Maloof works in her backyard studio in Massachusetts after dropping her daughters off at school.
- The painting Menagerie was inspired by a metallic pattern resembling a grid, which led her to think of confinement and zoos.
- The exhibition is presented by Perrotin New York.
- The source article was published on Artdaily.
Entities
Artists
- Nikki Maloof
Institutions
- Perrotin New York
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Massachusetts