Juxtapoz is excited to announce today a new addition to the Juxtapoz Print Shop, a timed-release of a stunning new print work by London-based Tishk Barzanji entitled, Misguided. The giclee print is available only through September 30, 2020 at Shop.Juxtapoz.com, with an A3 size made exclusively for Juxtapoz. Buy it here. 

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Misguided features the the classic styles of the Kurdistan-born artist: sci-fi meets film noir, surrealism meets a not-so-distant future with lush colors, timeless utopian architecture and pop-culture references. This work captures a woman in her apartment, with packages and hints at our newfound personal isolation. The stunning work is one of our favorite works to date by Barzanji.

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Two years ago, when we spoke with Barzanji on Juxtapoz.com, he gave us this insight: 

"I grew up in brutalist social housing in London, it was everything I knew for most of my life. It's not particularly looked at as a pleasant places to live, and I totally can understand what you mean in that sense. People always tell me they find it ugly and a eye sore. But for me I wasn't particularly interested in the exterior but I was interested in the function and the spaces that was created within the walls. Also the people that lived there. I realised that these places get bad coverage, and judged as a whole. But there are hundreds of people that live in these places. Each level represents a life. I really wanted to show that it's not just a building, it has a heart and soul. That really got me interested in the way humans will be living in the future. I want to build solutions for housing, but housing that has the mental health of humans a key aspect of the architecture. My life hasn't been normal, I feel like I lived in a utopia. My work is for me to take back control, by showing people my Utopia through my eyes. Urban atmospheres and Brutalism speaks to my struggles. It's a type of chaos that I can't explain—it brings me comfort."

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Misguided is available ONLY from September 24—30, at Shop.Juxtapoz.com

Tishk Barzanji
Misguided
29.7 cm x 42.0 cm, 11.7 inches x 16.5 inches
Giclee print, unsigned, timed release only