Source Colossal   As the World’s Fair loomed on Chicago’s horizon, architects Willoughby J. Edbrooke and Franklin Pierce Burnham built a 98-unit hotel to house visitors. After the exposition was finished, the Romanesque Revival building with a large central courtyard was converted into apartments and became known as Mecca Flats. Chicago adhered to strict segregation codes…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Les Veilleuses is about our loved ones. In her studio, Marguerite Piard revives the memory of their presence at her side, like ‘little lights on which to rely to face the night, to grow up, to no longer be afraid’. On the canvas, friends, family and lovers…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Surrogacy is the inspiration behind 2023 Bennett Prize winner Deng “Demo” Shiqing’s solo exhibition, Deng Shiqing: The Cost of Life. The paintings in this series were created during her two-year Bennett Prize grant and represent the freedoms it provided to explore new directions in how, and what, she creates.…

Source Colossal   From a musical bird to a wandering Scottish flower, a troupe of imaginative beings spring forth in a new short film created for Ffern, a fragrance maker based in Somerset. The company tapped London-based creative content studio Pal to create “A Ffern Fairtyale” celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the seasons. Pal organized several workshops…

Source Colossal   Several years ago, Danielle Clough ran across a vintage copy of Playboy at an antique shop. Unbeknownst to her at the time, the 1970s-era film photography, feathered hairstyles, and iconic—if stereotypical—advertising would influence a wide array of large-scale embroidery portraits. The Cape Town-based artist (previously) scoured the popular magazine’s pages in search of…

Source Colossal   For Danym Kwon, the concept of home is mutable. The artist (previously) recently relocated to San Jose from her native Seoul, having spent just a few years back in South Korea before realizing that she longed to return to the Bay Area where she lived while her children were young. “I may never…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present Dear Moments, a solo exhibition by Korean-American artist Danym Kwon. For her latest solo exhibition, Kwon offers a tender and introspective body of work shaped by the emotional landscapes of home, motherhood and migration. After over a decade in California, the artist…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (E.M.D.R.) is a type of therapy that targets traumatic memories, and helps you reprocess them using bilateral stimulation. This can be tapping either side of your body or following an object with your eyes left to right as the therapist guides you.