The image contains 24 people, backs turned, gathered around and gazing up at a large brick wall. It’s unclear whether they are perplexed, contemplative, or at ease. Are they expecting something to happen? Have they demanded an action take place on the wall, behind the wall, or does the wall itself compel such a state of reflection?
September 19, 2017
Lorien Stern is a ceramic sculptor and illustrator based in the Mojave Desert. She is best known for her colorful ceramic shark heads, as well as a cheerful collection of mammals, monsters, and deep sea creatures, however there is no limitation to what Stern will forge. Her most recent exhibition, Stardust, at Ochi Projects, was a ceramic cemetery, showcasing a body of colorfully sculpted tombstones, flowers, and graveyard critters. This boneyard illustrates one of the main themes in Lorien’s work; altering the way we perceive intimidating matter into artwork that appears fun and inviting.
September 18, 2017
It’s no secret Morgan Blair is one of our favorites. Recently featured in our August 2017 issue, we are always coming back for more. She possesses a unique talent to marry painting and comedy in a completely unique sort of absurd-meta-internet-heavy kinda way and this past weekend, Blair unveiled seven new large-scale paintings at the New York space, The Hole. We stopped by to peep her new work and maybe get a laugh or two.
September 18, 2017
Drama and comedy are closer than you think. Long Beach, CA based artist Alex Gardner intends to show you just how close they really are. This month, Gardner debuts Rom Com, his first New York solo show at The Hole. Animated and gestural, like in his previous work, Gardner’s paintings display intimate human moments in his dramatic contrasted style. His figures move and sway across the canvas in their uniformly draped white clothes and gradient black skin. The anonymity of Gardner’s figures allow the viewer to emotionally connect as well project their own experience onto the canvas. This gentle vulnerability is sharply contrasted by Gardner’s choice in titles. “Forgot My Wallet” and “Audition in the Frozen Food Section” (to name a few) make light of the otherwise serious tone in his work. This tension brings new meaning to Gardner’s paintings and place them in a more contemporary context, one familiar with his viewers of a digital age.
September 15, 2017
There's a long history between Juxtapoz and Vans. With Juxtapoz being part of High Speed Productions, and sharing offices with Thrasher Magazine, there has been significant internal crossover between the art, skate, and culture surrounding art and skateboarding over the last 30 years. It’s an industry with more familiar faces than you might expect and one that most are in more for the love than anything else.
September 15, 2017
Everyone’s had their Jimi Hendrix moment. Mine was floating on a raft in the middle of Ruth Lake in Northern California listening to “Voodoo Child” back in 2001 on a perfect hot summer’s afternoon. I’m sure my parents would say theirs was seeing the sonically unmatched Hendrix in concert at a Fillmore West show in the late 1960s
September 11, 2017
On Sunday, 10th of September, Simone Subal Gallery opened their long awaited solo show with Emily Mae Smith. The Sphinx or The Caress is artist's first solo show with the gallery and includes all new body of work that we had the privilege to peek at just before the opening.
September 11, 2017
