Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  GGLA is proud to present Dormmagory, Los Angeles-based artist DL Alvarez’s premiere solo exhibition in Los Angeles and with the gallery. The exhibition’s title is an amalgamation of the Italian “Dormire”, to sleep, and the non-gender specific name Magory, meaning knowledgeable and inventive. The combination of the two suggests…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  NANZUKA ART INSTITUTE is pleased to present Hajime Sorayama’s solo exhibition, Light, Reflection, Transparency—a major retrospective showcasing the artist’s most significant works, spanning nearly half a century, from the late 1970s to the present.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In preparing for her exhibition at the Carpenter Center, Oakland-born, NYC-based Janiva Ellis reengaged with paintings that had remained unfinishable in her studio for years, floating in and out of her consciousness. The artist has called these “dust bunny ideas”—hard-to-resolve paintings that settle into corners of her…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Neuroscientists have posited that the conscious mind resembles a theatre. Input and memory coalesce in emotion and ideation. Scenes play out onstage, complete with embedded symbolism and an ever-evolving rationale. Greg Burak’s paintings, too, are not unlike theatre. Compositions are carefully constructed with their inhabitants in mind,…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In one of the most anticipated shows of the winter, Ricco/Maresca is showing Henry Darger: Utopia / Dystopia at their NYC space. Any presentation of Darger’s work generates attention, especially from our readership over the years, so definitely wanted to get this on the radar of everyone here. 

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Even when seeing Barry McGee’s works and curated installations in other cities around the world (recently the backroom at The Hole in Los Angeles), he brings the Bay Area with him. It’s unmistakably the Bay, and if you haven’t lived there or haven’t been there in years,…

Source Design You Trust  Photomontage found its voice during the interwar years, thanks to the rebellious Dadaists. Among them was John Heartfield, originally Helmut Herzfeld, who boldly adopted an English-sounding name to make a point. Through his art, he fiercely critiqued the German government, using photomontages to satirize politicians in absurd, thought-provoking ways. Heartfield’s works,…

Source Design You Trust  Charles Loupot (1892–1962), born in Nice, was one of France’s most influential poster artists, standing alongside greats like A.M. Cassandre, Paul Colin, and Jean Carlu. Renowned for his mastery of lithography and typography, he brought a revolutionary sophistication to commercial poster design with techniques like the aerograph. Throughout his career, he…