YUNG JAKE’S CELEBRITY PORTRAITS PAINTED WITH EMOJIS
Emojis, fast becoming a language of their own can now easily be used for painting through the website emoji.ink. Using this site, rapper Yung Jake has created a series of stunning (or perhaps eerily uncanny) portraits of celebrities on his tumblr. The portraits have garnered some press because they’re so accurate, but the rapper says […]
“IN DREAMS” BY PETROS KOUBLIS
Petros Koublis was born in 1981 and is based in both New York and Athens. His relationship with photography started in 2000, after having dedicated some years in painting. He studied photography in Athens and participated in a series of seminars on the history of photography, being mostly developing his style through a constant personal […]
JOE IURATO “EVERYTHING BUT THE WHOLE STORY”
This past week Station 16 Gallery in Montreal opened Everything but the Whole Story, a solo show featuring Joe Iurato. Based on photography, JoeIurato creates site-specific wooden cut-outs that reflect upon his personal experiences. The tiny black and white figures interact with their environment in often extravagant manners, from scaling a skyscraper, to dangling from a bridge, to […]
DREW MERRITT “REQUIEM”
“Requium” is a body of work with diverse thoughts and emotions expressed in each painting; meant to mirror life and it’s individualized complexities. This is also represented in pieces that feature the subject characterized more than once. Due to my discomfort with being categorized as “a pretty girl artist” most of the content is attractive […]
PICTURE BOOK: MATT WEBER
The following is an excerpt from the November, 2015 issue of Juxtapoz Magazine, on sale now. There is a long tradition of documenting urban renewal through painting, film and photography, recording the dynamics, as well as a special moment in a particular time. While Times Square now seems to be consumer central, it was once […]
Amozad, Aliha & Honargardi on a same page
Mohammad Reza Amouzad, born in 1975, has got his B.A. in painting and his M.A. in graphic design, also graduated from Calligraphy Association. Learning calligraphy, educating in painting and graphic design, experience of sculpting and research activities, has made his artwork different from artists of his generation, but his passion for calligraphy has made the […]
Aliha Gallery’s opening
Aliha Gallery’s opening ceremony has been held on 9th Oct. 2015. The Gallery’s initiative concept has been formed around the notion of interaction. With this notion, the Gallery’s priority is creating a coherent network of talented and creative artists from master to amateur spectrum. Therefore new talents along with the originality of masters artworks, have […]
THE GILDED AGE
This past weekend in Culver City, Thinkspace Gallery opened the great group/themed exhibition, The Gilded Age, featuring the works of Aaron Horkey, Esao Andrews, and Joao Ruas. We did an entire feature on the exhibition in our September 2015 issue, which you can read here, and on Saturday night, we headed to the opening to […]
PHOTOGRAPHING ABANDONED HISTORIES
Of all the intriguing locations that Abandoned America creator Matthew Christopher has photographed, the New Castle Elks Lodge holds numerous visual elements that make the images truly captivating. Built in 1916, the New Castle Elks Lodge was a luxurious setting for its members who were primarily part of vaudeville and theater groups. There was a […]
KEHINDE WILEY “A NEW REPUBLIC”
Opening on September 20 and running through January 10, 2016, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, an overview highlighting the range of the artist’s prolific 14-year career and comprising approximately 60 works. Ever since our cover story with Kehinde in January 2010, we have been so excited to […]
PAT PERRY’S WEARABLE ART EXHIBITION “LIFE IN MOTION”
Amongst the gallery’s portfolio of artists, Art-A-Porter’s curators have selected the art ofJuxtapoz favorite Pat Perry from Michigan for their next wearable art exhibition: Life in Motion. Each artwork has been adapted by the gallery’s designers to the clothing collection (shirts, ties, dresses, etc.). The clothes are carefully produced in the Art-A-Porter’s Montreal offices (Canada) […]
DAVIS AYER
Born and raised in Austin, Texas but now based in Los Angeles, photographer Davis Ayer will be showing new work this Saturday at Book & Job Gallery in San Francisco. “Davis Ayer began taking photos in 2007. Coming from a background in architectural history, he was originally drawn to space, shapes, and abstract compositions. Under […]
NUART 2015, DAY 1 AND WORKS IN PROGRESS
It’s so good to be back. This is our fifth (maybe sixth, who’s counting?) year at Nuart, and not only is this the festival’s 15th year, but they have an outstanding line-up creating art around Stavanger, Norway with the topic of play and intervention at its heart. We just got into town, and the artists […]
LEE FRIEDLANDER & PIERRE BONNARD “PHOTOGRAPHS & DRAWINGS”
Pace/MacGill Gallery in New York is pleased to present Lee Friedlander & Pierre Bonnard: Photographs & Drawings, on view from September 10 through October 24, 2015. Featuring gelatin silver prints by legendary American photographer Lee Friedlander in dialogue with drawings by the French Post-Impressionist painter Pierre Bonnard, the exhibition explores the aesthetic affinities that unite […]
Interview with Andrew Salgado about his recent artworks
Andrew Salgado is an active Canadian painter. His studio is based in London and according to his website, He has been listed by Saatchi as “one to invest in today”. We had this chance to have a interview with him, and you can read it below: How do you describe your artworks? It’s strange, this […]
