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  • Hypnotic and seemingly endless, the dynamic works appear like vast portals that descend into small vessels. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Concentric Forms Escape the Confines of the Ceramic Vessel in Matthew […]
  • The Chattanooga-based artist stitches vintage ephemera and veneer into vibrant collages. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Hollie Chastain Lands a Playful Series of Collaged UFOs appeared first on Colossal.
  • In meticulous collages, Dion highlights historical milestones like women's labor rights and suffrage throughout the 20th century. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Myriam Dion Weaves Milestones of Women’s History from Vintage Newspapers […]
  • The designer reimagines heat-resistant aramid fiber into elegant, nature-inspired fixtures. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Sangmin Oh Illuminates Upcycled Industrial Fiber in Knitted Lighting Sculptures appeared first on Colossal.
  • The scientist and photographer uses a 19th-century photographic technique to capture the flock's complex movements. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Kathryn Cooper’s Layered Photos Capture the Complexities of Starling Murmurations appeared first […]
  • A new book travels the globe to highlight more than 80 spectacular environments created purely to foster one of the most primal activities. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Swing Through the World’s […]
  • At RISD Pre-College, rising high school juniors and seniors can work alongside hundreds of other creative, highly motivated students. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article RISD Pre-Collegiate Programs Are Now Enrolling for Summer […]
  • Jewel-encrusted sculptures channel the artist's interest in sacred symbols of the universe. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Celestial Forms Erupt and Tumble in Lauren Fensterstock’s Jewel-Encrusted Sculptures appeared first on Colossal.
  • How surprising that Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream…, on view at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston is the Los Angeles artist’s first major museum survey. But good art can take a moment to seep into the cultural milieu. Valdez is a humanist, painting intimate portrayals of the triumphs and struggles of everyday life. He is a […]
  • Daniel Gibson is so good with color that a group of his paintings are almost surreal in their vivid richness. Is life like this? Does nature give you this much overwhelming lush and vibrant color? Sometimes we use terms like psychedelic or surreal as if you need mescaline and DMT to enjoy the works, but […]
  • As Hashimoto Contemporary San Francisco was set to open Toronto-based painter Megan Ellen MacDonald's newest solo show with the gallery, What Doesn't Kill You, they sat down to discuss the ideas of cuteness, creepiness and kitsch. 
  • Steve Turner is pleased to present My Garden, a solo exhibition by London-based Tang Shuo featuring new paintings that are inspired by the remote and primitive Chinese village where Shuo spent his youth. According to the artist, "Before I left, my entire world was this small village. My core values and worldview were shaped there. As I […]
  • While researching for this interview, I came across a quote by Yayoi Kusama, “Every time I have had a problem, I have confronted it with the axe of art.” So simply put, this statement perfectly sums up for me the immense power that art holds, its mind opening and altering capabilities. It struck me that […]
  • Nicholas Bono Kennedy has captured a mood in Dinner Party (While the World Burns), on view at Hashimoto Contemporary. There is the overwhelming contemporality of it; the idea of living your life, or arranging a gathering in an attempt to foster kinship and joy in a time when the world's dynamics are imploding. There is also […]
  • Internationally known for his type-driven messages of social justice, equality, and Black power, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. is both a poet and printer. For Amos, language functions as action, and he has spent a career making words move. Currently operating the letterpress print shop Kennedy Prints! in Detroit, Letterform Archive has just released this vital […]
  • “I approach this work not as an outsider, but as a resident and active participant in the craft and subculture,” Los Angeles-based Alfonso Gonzalez Jr. said of his newest and biggest exhibition to date, This Was Here, at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in NYC. In Gonzalez Jr.’s blood since  childhood, he has assisted his father, a […]
  • “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, 1925
  • As you know from all your reading on Juxtapoz over the years, FAILE is the name for artist duo Patrick Miller and Patrick McNeil who have collaborated for 25 years. The due, who we had on the Radio Juxtapoz podcast earlier this year, just opened the exhibition at [CONTAINER], FAILE: A Riot of Existence, their first exhibition in Santa […]