Kidult vs. Marc Jacobs...in Graffiti, Twitter, and Mercandise
Recently, graffiti writer Kidult tagged the front of the Marc Jacobs shop in downtown Manhattan and made it rather public, not only in the physical manifestation of the tag but also by tweeting it and publicizing it across the internet. Well, Marc Jacobs made a rather clever move in response to what could have been seen as an embarrassing incident.
Feature: An Interview with Chris Sollars
Artist and director of 667Shotwell, Chris Sollars work revolves around the reclamation of private and public space through interventions. The results are documented using drawing, photographs, sculpture, and video that are integrated into mixed media installations. Awards include 2007 Eureka Fellowship Award, a 2007 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Grant, and 2009 Headlands Center for the Arts residency.
Interview: Harmony Korine on "Rebel"
In April 2011, MOCA approached Juxtapoz with a unique project that they were producing with James Franco: Rebel,a mult-facitated, mixed-media, collaborative art installation and project loosely based on the making and legacy of James Dean's famed film, Rebel Without A Cause. In July 2011, Juxtapoz published a cover story examining Rebel, interviewing James Franco, Harmony Korine, and Aaron Young, about how the project came about.
Ofra Lapid's Broken Houses
Process in art has always been a discussion, whether or not its an interesting discussion is a different story. Ofra Lapid has a fascinating process behind her series Broken Houses. The series focuses on structures that have been neglected by their human counterparts and have fallen victim to weather and decay. See more after the jump...
Everyday Objects Turned Art Sculptures by Adam Niklewicz
It is always nice to see sense of humor in the art world, and the sculptures of Polish-born, American-based Adam Niklewicz, where he takes everyday household objects and furnishings and transforms them into sculptures, is some of the more playful work we have seen around in quite some time. As curator Steve Holmes writes, "His work evokes not homeland, but rather the absurdity of nostalgia, the futility of trying to be in any place other than the liminal space of the prefixed-American."
Back Talk: A Conversation with Morgan Spurlock
Thinkspace Gallery is honored to be working with producer/director/writer/collector Morgan Spurlock (The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Supersize Me) on his debut curatorial project. New Blood aims to showcase artists that Spurlock feels have changed the art world forever and has in turn given each of them the chance to invite a protégé of their choice to profile alongside their own work in this very special exhibit. The exhbit opens this Saturday, April 28.
Juxtapoz Presents: Greg "Craola" Simkins' Cloud Theory
Longtime Juxtapoz friend and cover artist Greg "Craola" Simkins is set to open a new exhibition, Cloud Theory, at Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles on April 21. In conjunction with the new body of work, we caught up and with Craola to create Juxtapoz Presents: Greg "Craola" Simkins' Cloud Theory, a video that gets us behind the curtain to see Craola complete his Cloud Theory piece.
Feature: In Conversation with Parra
Last week, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art opened the new mural installation, Weirded Out, created site-specifically by Amsterdam artist, Parra. We caught up with Parra as the artist was finishing up the mural that stands on the museum's second landing, and discussed how his work has evolved since his March 2008 cover, working in black and white, and his first visit to SF.
Juxtapoz Presents: Mike Miller, directed by Estevan Oriol
Juxtapoz's Photo Editor, Estevan Oriol, checks in with LA photographer Mike Miller. Miller takes us from his early fashion days through his work with Gangsta Ra, Rock, and Punk legends, and album covers. He even shows us how many hard drives you have to own to be a professional photographer.
Back Talk: A conversation with Fumi Nakamura
Fumi Nakamura was born in December 1984 in a small town called Shimizu outside of Shizuoka, Japan. Fumi grew up surrounded by beautiful mountains and the ocean and this environment has had a lasting effect on her work. She will open a new exhibition, Our Hands Will Eventually Destroy Everything Beautiful, at Thinkspace Gallery this Saturday, March 31st.
