Genevieve Cohn: Carrying Stones

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Genevieve Cohn: Carrying Stones

“Feminism” has unfortunately become one of those words often accompanied by a deep eye-roll. Its meaning has become warped into a cannon of hollowness—disfigured and muddled by ubiquity. But be November 29, 2022
Broken Fingaz: Utopian Collective

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Broken Fingaz: Utopian Collective

Since the early 2000s, the collective Broken Fingaz has been using public space to craft their own instantly unique and recognizable universe. Blending illegal ephemeral actions with large-scale comm October 24, 2022
Henry Taylor: The Incredible Henry VIII

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Henry Taylor: The Incredible Henry VIII

Los Angeles-based artist Henry Taylor compares painting to having a child, elaborating that artists don’t decide what to create, but rather, the works themselves demand they be brought to life. Eac October 10, 2022
Emma Stern: Complex Gods

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Emma Stern: Complex Gods

Lava Babies are an amalgamation of Emma Stern’s psyche, the construction of powerful figuration and her deep research and exploration of the trajectory of World Building over time. Lava Babies are October 03, 2022
Aleah Chapin: In the Flesh

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Aleah Chapin: In the Flesh

When acclaimed figurative painter Eric Fischl declared Aleah Chapin “the best and most disturbing painter of flesh alive today,” the praise was like an inside-baseball reference to the way artist September 26, 2022
Deborah Roberts: The Smooth Spot

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Deborah Roberts: The Smooth Spot

By third grade, Deborah Roberts knew she’d be an artist. What she couldn’t anticipate was that she would become a household name by exploring themes of race, gender identity, and what it means to September 19, 2022
Troy Lamarr Chew II: The Visual Linguist

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Troy Lamarr Chew II: The Visual Linguist

At first glance, the Slanguage series appears to be a playful confetti of pop culture and simple everyday life. Bart Simpson joyously dances down the aisles of a grocery store, a Smurf snoozes on a p September 12, 2022
Laure Mary-Couegnias: The Allure of Twilight

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Laure Mary-Couegnias: The Allure of Twilight

The neighbor you know in passing is going on vacation and asks you to please feed the cat. There is something throat-catching, almost heart-pounding about permission to take the key and enter such a September 06, 2022
Fall 2022 Cover Story: An Interview with Kehinde Wiley

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Fall 2022 Cover Story: An Interview with Kehinde Wiley

Dear reader, If you have picked up this magazine it is likely for one of three reasons. One, you love Juxtapoz, and for that, we thank you. Two, you love the work of Kehinde Wiley, and in that, we jo August 29, 2022
Shara Mays: The Maximalist

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Shara Mays: The Maximalist

“Color, color, and more color. I can’t get enough of it. I am obsessed with the vibrancy of bright color,” explains Shara Mays, describing a main ingredient of her work. Drips and swirls, twist July 25, 2022
Alvin Armstrong: Rhythm Paintings

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Alvin Armstrong: Rhythm Paintings

Alvin Armstrong was all set to become an acupuncturist—then he started painting for 15 hours a day. A powerful work ethic and a love of movement stitch up the sinewy threads that suffuse the artist July 18, 2022
Faith Ringgold: The American People

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Faith Ringgold: The American People

In describing the blues, cultural historian Albert Murray explains how “they affirm life and humanity itself in the very process of confronting failures and existential absurdities. The spirit of t July 11, 2022
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