Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Mouths froth and hands grab in Lydia Pettit and Olivia Sterling’s Bitches in Heat, a raucous, untamed exploration of desire on the margins. Pettit, inspired by Paula Rego’s iconic dog women, crawls across the floor in one sweeping canvas, with sharp, talon-like nails and bared teeth. Sterling…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Steve Turner is pleased to present Cafe Society, a solo exhibition featuring new paintings by Los Angeles-based Alli Conrad that nostalgically depict vintage table settings and elegantly dressed diners underneath an afternoon blue sky. Conrad is inspired by the simple pleasure of dining outdoors at a sidewalk cafe…

Source Colossal   In chosenfamily, David Antonio Cruz celebrates the bonds between people who have decided they will love each other unconditionally, no biological relationship required. He paints lavish portraits of queer people of color dressed in vibrant, patterned gowns, strings of pearls, sequin tops, and chic, boldly framed glasses. Depicted embracing, lounging, and often piled…

Source Colossal   Bird Photographer of the Year has announced the winners of the 2024 competition, selected from a pool of more than 23,000 submissions. Soaring into the top spot is Canadian conversation photojournalist Patricia Homonylo’s powerful image of thousands of birds that died after flying into windows in Toronto. Titled “When Worlds Collide,” the winning…

Source Colossal   For the past four years, London-based artist Josh Gluckstein has highlighted the potential of an everyday material—recycled cardboard—to bring animal sculptures to life (previously). In his most recent piece, “Reef,” he expands on individual portraits to create a meticulously detailed two-and-a-half-meter-tall marine habitat teeming with a variety of fish and coral. “I fell…

Source Artsy Shark  Enjoy the portfolio of artist Brenda LaRose, who uses a palette knife technique to create distinctive landscapes. The post Featured Artist Brenda LaRose appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is very pleased to present Laura Krifka: Carousel, the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. Carousel brings together a new series of provocative figurative paintings that question the social constructs of desire. The exhibition runs through October 26, 2024.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  It can be impossible to measure a stranger’s impression upon us. The echo of their perfume, the pattern of their jacket, their odd pet or quirky socks can linger in our subconscious, haunting the unlit corners of the mind. In her latest solo exhibition at Hashimoto Contemporary, Close…