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New Book: “Compliments of: Chicago Gang Culture” by BEYOND THE STREETS
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home “When you think of gangs, you don’t really think of compliment cards and sweaters, but here you have these Richie Cunningham Happy Day sweaters existing in Chicago, and they were printed all over the city. It was a way, not unlike what you saw in the eighties…
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Maja Daniels and the Silent Associations of Photographs and Myths
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home Myths are open to interpretations but refuse to be fully locked down. Photographs function in a similar way. The core of what is expressed in an image lies somewhere in the unseen or in its silent associations.
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A Portfolio: Larissa De Jesús Negrón
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home One of our favorite shows we have seen in recent months was the solo show that Puerto Rican painter Larissa De Jesús Negrón had at Nicodim in Los Angeles. As we read on her website, “Larissa was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Throughout twenty years, she…
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Omara (Mara Oláh)
Source artforum.com In 1988, at the age of forty-three, Mara Oláh (1945–2020), who went by the moniker Omara, took up painting as a sort of a healing process following her mother’s death. Her imagery drew directly from
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Thomas Albdorf “Body Double” @ Webber Gallery, Los Angeles
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home The series Body Double, by Austrian artist Thomas Albdorf, on view at Webber in Los Angeles from June 3—July 29, 2023 acts as a pseudo portrait of Los Angeles; a city engrained in our collective conscience and a place with an unescapable aesthetic, whether that be derived…
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The Revolutionary Concept of Inflatable Skyscrapers Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future in Urban Landscapes
Source Design You Trust In a world where architecture and sustainability intersect, the research-based practice ZUMO has taken a leap into the future with their AI-generated series of inflatable skyscrapers. These towering structures, visualized by Midjourney, are not just a figment of imagination but a vision of what our urban landscapes could become. More ZUMO,…
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Capturing the Short Shorts Phenomenon in a Photo Journey Through the 70s and 80s
Source Design You Trust Short shorts, as the name suggests, are a style of shorts that are shorter than the average length. This fashion trend has a history that dates back to the 1930s, when they were donned by Hollywood starlets for publicity photos. Interestingly, their popularity led to a by-law in New York City,…
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The Art of Hyper-Realistic Tattoos and the Macabre Masterpieces of Sandry Riffard
Source Design You Trust The world of tattoos has been forever changed by the French artist known for his hyperrealistic macabre designs. Skulls, full skeletons, demons, and zombies are the mainstay of his compositions, creating a chilling yet captivating spectacle. But this artist doesn’t stop at the macabre. He infuses his work with a touch…
