Arts
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THE FUNNEL IS BROKEN —
AND THAT’S THE REAL STORY BEHIND AI MUSIC Once upon a time, our voices lived in cages. A few shows.A few stations.A few people deciding what the world should think, feel, fear, or celebrate. Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Oprah, the nightly news — that was the whole universe.A handful of humans bottlenecking billions of minds.…
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“Liberation Portraits” by Photographer Stas Ginzburg
[ad_1] A series documenting people at marches, rallies, and Pride gatherings across the United States by Brooklyn-based photographer Stas Ginzburg. Ginzburg is a queer refugee from Russia whose work centres on LGBTQIA+ communities and activism. For the past five years, he has been taking portraits of queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming people. The resulting series contains…
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EDDIE! EDDIE! EDDIE!
How can you NOT love #EDDIEMURPHY for this? I thought he buried Cosby at the Mark Twain award speech. But he doubled down triple down quadruple down in this documentary. See Eddie gives zero fuc. Rich af, he’s got the power of free speech on his side and he’s the funniest motherfucka on the planet.…
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Gilberto Rivera’s ‘Jailbirds’ Imagine Freedom Within Confine…
[ad_1] At the Center for Art & Advocacy, a solo exhibition by Gilberto Rivera meditates on the material conditions of both confinement and liberation. Jailbirds presents a series of mixed-media collages that map the prison cell onto wood panel, with a variety of avian species as their protagonists. Incarcerated for two decades himself, Rivera draws…
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Career Interrupted? (Nah, AI Saved Me!)
Let me start where respect belongs:Vince Gilligan, you are a master craftsman.You built worlds of tension like it’s oxygen.You understand human contradiction better than most preachers.You gave the world Walter White — a quiet man exploding.You gave us Saul Goodman — the hustler wrapped in charm and bad decisions.You turned Albuquerque into mythology. I see…
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D*Face: A Satirical Eye on Consumerism
[ad_1] The Spark Behind the Spray: How Frustration and Freedom Gave Birth to D*Face A decade before his name became synonymous with contemporary British street art, Dean Stockton — widely recognized by his moniker D*Face — found himself trapped in a daily grind that numbed more than inspired. Working a desk job that dulled his…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Shizu Saldamando: May the Ground Seethe …
[ad_1] Charlie James Gallery is pleased to present May the Ground Seethe, a solo exhibition of painting and sculpture by Los Angeles artist Shizu Saldamando. Saldamando’s intimate portraits distill figures from context, focusing on the body as the site of political struggle and communal joy. The title of the exhibition borrows a lyric from the song “MML” by…
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“Not Like This, You Moron!” by Photographer Hasti Najafi
[ad_1] A series of daily and bodily experiences by lens-based artist Hasti Najafi. Born in Tehran, and currently studying fine arts in Zurich, Najafi’s practice involves experimenting with the objects and experiences of everyday life and exploring what remains hidden in the photographic image. “Not Like This, You Moron!” (2023-2024) focuses on the interplay between…
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Tea-Time: Starring My Homie Denzel Washington
There’s something sacred about the way Denzel Washington handles a cup. Tea, coffee—doesn’t matter. The act is the same: the quiet pour, the stir, the tap of the spoon. It’s rhythm, ritual, and reckoning all at once. In Denzel’s world, the cup is a prelude to transformation. It’s the calm before the cleansing. The Harlem…
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Jake-Andrew: When Music Becomes Paint
[ad_1] The Colour of Sound, the Shape of Emotion Jake-Andrew’s work challenges how we define visual art by introducing the unseen elements that live beneath its surface. A British multidisciplinary artist and experimental musician, he builds his entire practice around synaesthesia—a neurological condition that allows him to perceive sound as colour, texture, and form. This…