Source artforum.com  KENNETH ANGER was an audacious filmmaker, a self-proclaimed magus, a never-closeted queer, a shameless scandalmonger, a sometime Satanist, a difficult person, and, as P. Adams Sitney put it, the “

Source Colossal   All images © Mary Maka, shared with permission Inspired by the short stories of the late Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, Mary Maka illustrates woodland creatures with fantastical characteristics as part of her Endless Forest series. The Portugal-based artist has always been interested in mythology and nature, and after reading Tutuola’s works, she decided to…

Source Artsy Shark  Artist Ellen Alt presents a fascinating collection of mixed media works that ponder the future using a retro theme. The post Featured Artist Ellen Alt appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source artforum.com  “Confessions on a Sparkling Hill” combines recent works from Alison Yip and Tiziana La Melia to explore the ways in which the surreal insinuates itself within our daily life. An interest in narrative—and

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  When you think about the last 30-plus years of prevailing subcultural trends and iconography, Ed Templeton’s life could be the Mapquest guiding us to some sort of understanding. He is a touchstone; skateboarding star, skate brand owner, photographer, painter, writer, and a physical embodiment of the crossroads…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In Anti-Icon: Apokalypsis at Fraenkel Gallery Martine Gutierrez continues her exploration of identity across the cultural landscapes of gender, race, and celebrity. In 17 new works, Gutierrez has transformed herself into a multitude of idols—a selection from the series comprises Gutierrez’s second exhibition with the gallery. Costumed…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  There was Zap and then there was Tits & Clits. It seems quite apt that the answer to the legendary Zap Comix would be a bit of a feminist rebuke but done so in the same salacious yet patriarchal freeing boldness. It was a bit lewd but…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Mirus Gallery’s San Francisco location is pleased to present GLITSHN AROUND a solo exhibition by Gera1. Emerging street artist hailing from Athens, Greece, this is Gera1’s first solo exhibition in the United States. For this exhibit, Gera1 has created “glitch” paintings on cut aluminum with colorful overlays…