Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  CONTROL Gallery is pleased to announce Cheap Thrills & Tons of Smoke for Maximum Joy, a collection of new works from Los Angeles-based artist Guillaume Ollivier. Bringing to life a unique assemblage of everyday objects, Ollivier’s paintings find beauty and joy in the excesses of modern life, embodying…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  There are an incredible amount of works inside the James Fuentes Gallery in Melrose Hill, which is now showing the artist Geoffrey Holder. When I use the word “incredible”, I don’t mean it lightly. Both in size and scope, every piece in the show feels powerful, a…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Perrotin is pleased to present Oslo-based artist Jason Boyd Kinsella’s inaugural U.S. exhibition, EMOTIONAL MOONSCAPES. On view through April 6th, the exhibition consists of two immersive environments on the gallery’s second and third floors, introducing the artist’s foray into combining various mediums, such as painting, sculpture, and…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Utilizing aspects of Afrofuturism and mysticism, artist Wilfred Ukpong creates compelling and poetic reflections on the crisis of environmental degradation and exploitation in the Niger Delta. Drawing on historical and personal archives, ecology, politics, and indigenous environmentalism, his work demonstrates how artmaking can be used as a…

Source Design You Trust  Paul Verhoeven directed Sharon Stone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall, a 1990 sci-fi film. Stone initially declined the film because she disliked action. After learning Verhoeven was involved, she reconsidered the proposal. h/t: vintag.es “I said, ‘I’ve done every stupid action movie I’ll do. No, thanks. I said, “Oh, OK,”…

Source Design You Trust  Adela Madej is a graphic designer based in Warsaw. She completed her education at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology’s Faculty of New Media Arts and the University of Warsaw’s Institute of Polish Culture. She is primarily employed as a designer, illustrator, and poster artist. A dog accessory brand called Psyjaciele,…

Source Colossal   All images courtesy of USPS A devoted conservationist, Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was known for photographing the beauty and grandeur of the American West, entangling his art and advocacy into awe-inspiring images. He pioneered an approach to the medium that documented his subject matter with exquisite clarity and a full tonal range. Whether zeroing…

Source Colossal   Miles Pennington and UTokyo DLX Design Lab, Hatagaya. Photos by Satoshi Nagare. All images © The Tokyo Toilet and Nippon Foundation Whether running errands or visiting the local park, when nature calls, the options can be iffy. In the busy ward of Shibuya City, Tokyo, which attracts visitors for shopping and entertainment, the…