It’s a process of patience. JIM JOE, famous in that he is famously mostly reluctant to take a spotlight or showcase himself in public, made an entire project in public. Perhaps the most public place he could, at the New York Public Library, exploring two branches located on Fifth Avenue […]
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Things That Have Always Been There: An Interview with Michael McGregor
The idea and practice of getting away, going on vacation, emerged simultaneously with the expansion of railways across Europe and the United States in the 19th century; the American middle-class family vacation didn’t become popular until the 1950s. And yet, there is this idea that the impulse and practice of […]
Radio Juxtapoz, ep 141: The (Color) Theory of ACHES
Ah, its nice to have a little color talk here on the podcast. Dublin, Irelands’ ACHES is a theorist of color. He combines a multitude of ideas and styles into his work, whether graffiti, murals, painting, graphic design, all into an aesthetic that is deservedly his and one of the […]
Lee Quinoñes: In Graffiti We Trust
In spring 1974, thirteen-year-old Lee Quiñones took his schematic drawings into a tunnel and spray painted “LEE” in gold, white, and black on the small panel of a New York City BMT train. An inspired outlaw with a meticulous design process and precision painting skills, his voice responded to the […]
Radio Juxtapoz, ep 127: Inuk artist, Saimaiyu Akesuk and the Rich History of Northern Art
When you go to Miami each year, you are hoping to discover something new, something fresh, an artist that changes the way you look at the contemporary art landscape. For Radio Juxtapoz, we were able to go North while heading South, where we hosted a live panel conversation with Saimaiyu […]
Radio Juxtapoz, ep 125: Tim Conlon Knows Freight Train Graffiti
There are just certain artists who know their subject. For Tim Conlon, freight train graffiti is his muse, his subject, his love, his investigation. As a freight graffiti artist himself, Tim took that passion and understanding of the North American railroad system and turned into wonderfully constructed photoreal paintings of […]
Russ Pope Takes Us Through The Grapevine of Milano
I haven’t been back to Italy since before the pandemic and have really missed my regular trips to Milan to show with Antonio, Alessandra, Aloisia, and the crew at Antonio Colombo Gallery. It took almost two years of conversation and planning to get the trip and show organized. The gallery […]