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Celebrating Spring in ‘A Ffern Fairytale,’ Children Imagine Quirky Characters
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…
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In ‘Crewel Intentions,’ Danielle Clough Delves into the Nostalgic World of 1970s Magazines
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…
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Through Stacks of Laundry and Humble Vessels, Danym Kwon Cherishes the Mundane
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…
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Danym Kwon’s “Dear Moments”
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…
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Lydia Pettit “E.M.D.R.” @ Galerie Judin, Berlin
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.
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Chris Austin “CONTRASTS” @ Harman Projects, San Francisco
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home Harman Projects is pleased to announce CONTRASTS, a solo exhibition of new works by Toronto-based painter Chris Austin. Known for his dreamlike paintings of wildlife anachronistically navigating suburban and urban settings, Austin’s latest body of work builds on his unique surreal visual language. This will mark the…
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Abel Rodriguez “Aguante” @ Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home Charlie James Gallery is proud to present Abel Rodriguez: Aguante, an exhibition of paintings and works on paper from the artist’s Fotos y recuerdos series, which reexamines photographs and ephemera from the artist’s childhood in the 1990s and early 2000s. By reproducing photo snapshots in soft pastel and pencil,…
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Experimenting with Color and Reflection, Kenny Harris Brews Beautiful Still Lifes
Source Colossal In 1933, Alfonso Bialetti and his son Renato began to market an aluminum contraption for brewing coffee that would make an indelible mark on Italian culinary culture and beyond. Called a moka pot after the Yemeni city of Mokha, the appliance is still manufactured today by the coffee equipment company Bialetti under the…
