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A Visit to Guimi You’s “Neighborhood”
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home Jessica Silverman is pleased to announce Guimi You’s Neighborhood, the Seoul-based artist’s first solo exhibition in San Francisco, on view from April 25 to June 1, 2024. The artist will present five oil paintings based on her memories of living in the Bay Area and inspired by the…
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Juxtapoz Presents: A Conversation Between Kevin Christy & Ed Templeton
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home “I think, based on my natural sensibility and my natural taste, that life is pretty absurd,” Kevin Christy told Ed Templeton in the SPRING 2024 Juxtapoz Quarterly. “So, I think that I have an underlying skepticism. I think that’s just the way I think about everything. That’s…
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Aurélie Gravas “A Fan As a Rising Sun” @ Alice Gallery, Brussels
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home On view now at Alice Gallery in Brussels is Aurélie Gravas’s A Fan as a Rising Sun. The artist presents a series of large- and medium-format paintings of faces, each stretching across the entire canvas. Like a seabird flying over an estuary in search of landmarks, contemplation…
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For John Edmonds, Photography Points Towards Visions of Possibility
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home In John Edmonds’ work, photography’s relationship to truth is repeatedly questioned. Describing his images as ‘quasi-documents’, the artist works almost obsessively with a number of models. These figures and friends – who become close to muses, hold, caress, and measure themselves against African sculptures in a search…
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Imagining Worlds After Climate Disaster, Julie Heffernan Melds Chaos and the Sublime
Source Colossal “Self Portrait as Emergency Shipwright” (2013), oil on canvas, 60 x 84 inches. All images © Julie Heffernan, shared with permission Julie Heffernan likens her paintings to “advent calendars gone haywire.” Working in oil on canvas, the Brooklyn-based artist renders vast dreamworlds with tiny vignettes scattered across wider landscapes. Appearing from a distant…
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Exploring the Enduring Legacy and Emotional Depth of Leonid Afremov’s Ethereal Landscapes and Rain-Slick Streets
Source Design You Trust Leonid Afremov was a masterful contemporary artist known for his vibrant landscapes and cityscapes created with a palette knife and oil paints. Born in Vitebsk, Belarus, in 1955, Afremov’s work stood out for its rich colors and optimistic themes, offering a stark contrast to the cynicism of much contemporary art. His…
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Meet Theodoru, An Artist Shaped by a Blend of Surrealism and Childhood
Source Design You Trust Theodoru, an artist with a distinctive blend of surrealism and personal narrative, attributes his initial artistic inspiration to his father, an artist and taxidermist. Growing up in such an environment, he developed a deep connection to art, which led him to the People’s Art School in Vienna in the early ’90s.…
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Impressive Double Exposure 3D Murals by Stathis Tsavalias
Source Design You Trust Stathis Tsavalias, known as Insane51, is a talented Greek muralist noted for his Double Exposure 3D murals. Red and blue anaglyph 3D glasses are needed to properly appreciate Insane51’s work. The multiple layers of his paintings appear in red and blue through these glasses, adding dimension and complexity to his massive…
