April Bey: A Trip To Atlantica

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April Bey: A Trip To Atlantica

Drawing from her own experiences in Bahamian and American cultures, April Bey’s work as both an artist and educator critically explores themes of race, identity, supremacy, and colonialism. A self- February 05, 2024
Copenhagen, Paris, and Sweet Sweet Sarajevo: A Guide for Quitting Your Job and Crossing Europe

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Copenhagen, Paris, and Sweet Sweet Sarajevo: A Guide for Quitting Your Job and Crossing Europe

Many moons ago, probably illuminated by the light of a starry night, and a few glasses of wine, I came to the realization that my life needed more. This story begins at the start of the pandemic. I k January 29, 2024
Sarah Lee: At Moonlight

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Sarah Lee: At Moonlight

When was the last time you sat in stillness? Turned off your phone? Closed your eyes and allowed your brain to neutralize and excavate an instinct deep inside, opening the senses to risk and exposure January 22, 2024
Mike Lee: The Privilege of Innocence

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Mike Lee: The Privilege of Innocence

"Go west, young man!" An iconic phrase that drove America's westward expansion—a call to citizens and immigrants alike, to embrace Manifest Destiny and seek new lands, prosperity, and freedom. Over January 15, 2024
Ever Velasquez: The Chingona of Chinatown

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Ever Velasquez: The Chingona of Chinatown

Artist and curator Ever Velasquez first visited Charlie James Gallery in 2018 to support her friend, Shizu Saldamando’s solo exhibit, To Return. A colored pencil portrait of Velasquez called La Eve January 10, 2024
Lola Gil: Through Her Looking Glass

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Lola Gil: Through Her Looking Glass

It's not surprising that a very young Lola Gil spent unhurried hours among her grandmother's collection of small, humble figures and objects. Unfettered by preconceived judgments or the proverbial cl January 08, 2024
Streets of San Francisco: Lauren D’Amato’s Preservation of Culture

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Streets of San Francisco: Lauren D’Amato’s Preservation of Culture

The pin-striping and sign-painting work of Lauren D’Amato has distinguished countless corners and cars of San Francisco. We met five years ago at the Juxtapoz Clubhouse in Denver, when, overnight, January 04, 2024
Jon Key: The Foundation of Rediscovery

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Jon Key: The Foundation of Rediscovery

A thread runs through Jon Key’s practice and life, one that involves family (being a twin), art, design, and adventure. Though his work is focused on the relationships and heritage he loves to expl January 03, 2024
Audience Dismissed: Keeping Your Head to Yourself

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Audience Dismissed: Keeping Your Head to Yourself

I’ve designed hundreds of skateboard graphics over the years—some good, some bad, many really dumb. Curiously, the one pictured on this page has outsold the majority of them. Very little thought December 28, 2023
Olivia Sterling: Rage Comedy

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Olivia Sterling: Rage Comedy

Olivia Sterling’s protagonists flail and prey, grind sausages, and mangle cakes, oozing pure angst, twisted into buoyant humor with juicy strokes. On the heels of a duo show at Huxley-Parlour Galle December 18, 2023
The All Seeing Seneca: A Little Cosmic Horror and Candyland

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The All Seeing Seneca: A Little Cosmic Horror and Candyland

“I think, in its purest form, my art is a visually tangible expression of inner emotions and my ways of coping with life and experience,” Seneca tells me over Zoom one morning, and the first thin December 13, 2023
An Organic Scientist: Shepard Fairey in Los Angeles

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An Organic Scientist: Shepard Fairey in Los Angeles

In my studio and works, I think that a lot of the different aesthetic directions that I've been developing for the last five to six years came when I expanded my color palette and got more sophistica December 13, 2023
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