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017: MADSAKI Jul 15, 2019

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When we first met Japanese-born, New Jersey raised painter MADSAKI in person, he had just completed a site-specific mural for the Juxtapoz x Superflat exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. This was a little less than 3 years ago, and since then, he has become not only a staple in Takashi Murakami's Kaikai Kiki roster, but one of the most exciting and sought-after painters in the world today. His unique way of bending and breaking the rules of traditional Western artworks into a hybrid of Japanese style and street culture aesthetic.
On the eve of his new solo show at PERROTIN in Hong Kong on July 17, 2019, and his work now on view at Beyond the Streets in NYC through the summer, we sat down with MADSAKI to talk his first years in Japan, growing up in New Jersey and his subsequent move back to Tokyo with a fresh perspective on being a career painter. We talk a lot about his relationship to his mentor, Takashi Murakami, and how the last few years have felt like an "art training" ground for the years to come.
We recorded the day Beyond the Streets opened to the public, when Radio Juxtapoz visited with MADSAKI before his long flight home to Tokyo and last-minute preparations for Hong Kong.

To kick off episode 17, hosts Doug Gillen and Evan Pricco catch up after a break, with updates on Beyond the Streets, Lucy Sparrow's massive project in Beijing with M WOODS and Gillen's newest short film with Icy & Sot in Greece at the site of a refugee camp.

016: Icy & Sot May 27, 2019

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The first time Juxtapoz met Icy & Sot, they were an up-and-coming brother-artistic duo, recently immigrated from Iran to USA, working primarily in stencil art. Yet in recent years, their work began to evolve to an almost conceptual level of public and street art, mixing stencil art with sculpture, installation, and at times, spontaneous acts of intervention. They have become some of the most political active street artists working today, focusing on the refugee crisis around the world to environmental art ... and who can forget their infamous wad of US money left on Wall Street in 2018?

Radio Juxtapoz caught up with Icy & Sot a few weeks back in Manhattan during Moniker Art Fair, just as the brothers were getting ready for their newest solo show, "Faces of Society," currently on view at Underdogs in Lisbon, Portugal. We talked about their youth in Iran, the big move to NYC, a high profile feature in Playboy, how their museum show in Amsterdam alongside Banksy changed their career and how a new focus on sculpture and installation has changed their process.

Hosted by Evan Pricco (Editor-in-chief, Juxtapoz Magazine) and Doug Gillen (Fifth Wall TV).

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SPECIAL: Cultural Lens with Martha Cooper, Janette Beckman and Miranda Barnes Live at Vault by Vans May 20, 2019

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This episode of the Radio Juxtapoz Podcast is a Special Edition, not only because it features a distinguished panel and guest moderator, but we felt that it stood as its own podcast discussion outside of our typical programming. This past week, May 14, 2019, live from the Vault by Vans boutique at 219 Bowery in NYC, Juxtapoz hosted a special collection of three generations of NYC street photographers: Martha Cooper, Janette Beckman and Miranda Barnes, guest moderated by author, critic and cultural savant, the one-and-only, Carlo McCormick. We called the panel "Cultural Lens."
This was a wide-ranging panel: the photographers not only talked about the craft of street photography and photojournalism, but finding your voice and the narratives that you want to embed your careers in. From Martha Cooper's landmark Subway Art, to Janette Beckman's legendary hip-hop portraits to Miranda Barnes's latest works as a contributor to the NY Times, we get three distinct artists talking about the intricacies and magic of photography.
In this podcast you will hear Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco, briefly introduce the panel, and is quickly followed by Carlo McCormick and the artists.
Recorded live at Vault by Vans, May 14, 2019.

015: Ben Venom, Live at Vault by Vans May 13, 2019

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As part of Juxtapoz's 25th anniversary, the magazine created a special pop-up exhibition and bookstore at the Vault by Vans store in NYC at 219 Bowery for the month of May 2019. For the takeover, Juxtapoz invited San Francisco-based textile artist, Ben Venom, famous for his unique reinterpretations of quilt-making and the reimagining of American craft art, to showcase some of his newer works for the occasion, celebrating the spirit of originality and uniqueness that Vault by Vans represents, and the Outsider Art history of Juxtapoz Magazine.

In episode 015 of the Radio Juxtapoz podcast, hosts Evan Pricco (editor, Juxtapoz Magazine) and Doug Gillen (Fifth Wall TV) sat down with Ben Venom at the Vault store in front of a gathered audience, to learn more about not only the tradition of textile and fiber arts, but how Venom was able to take a love of heavy metal, skateboarding and lowbrow culture and transcend it into a fine art practice.
Vault by Vans will showcase Juxtapoz and Ben Venom's work until early June 19, 2019, at 219 Bowery, NYC.

014: Live from Moniker Art Fair in NYC with Carlo McCormick, Li-Hill and Urban Nation May 08, 2019

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On episode 014 of the Radio Juxtapoz podcast, hosts Evan Pricco (Juxtapoz Magazine) and Doug Gillen (Fifth Wall TV) recorded live at Moniker Art Fair, which held its biannual urban contemporary fair in NYC this past weekend. On the episode, the Radio Juxtapoz team sat down for a special panel on the state of "urban art" with Urban Nation director, Yasha Young and artist Li-Hill.
The episode also features a segment with the legendary author, curator, critic and historian, Carlo McCormick on how much the history of graffiti and street art is part of the fabric of NY art history.

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013: Live From Nuart Aberdeen with VHILS, Axel Void and Professor Jeff Ferrell Apr 29, 2019

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The Radio Juxtapoz world tour continues, as hosts Evan Pricco (Juxtapoz) and Doug Gillen (Fifth Wall TV) were in Aberdeen, Scotland this past week for the 3rd annual Nuart Aberdeen festival. The Nuart Festival has long been the leading street art festival in the world, mixing unique themes, international artists, curators and professors into a mural, street art and academic conference.
For the 13 episode of the Radio Juxtapoz Podcast, we sat down with a few participants of the festival, from Lisbon's VHILS, to a wonderful lecture by TCU professor, Jeff Ferrell, and for a second time (!), our good friend Axel Void and Evan Pricco sat down for a special panel. Also, Doug and Evan discuss what makes Nuart so special, the right use of the word wanker and a recap on how Aberdeen has taken to the Nuart family.

012: Live From Crystal Ship with Miss Van, Crystal Wagner and Case Maclaim Apr 17, 2019

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This week Radio Juxtapoz have teamed up with leading Belgian street art festival, The Crystal Ship. Recorded live from the coastal town of Oostende, we chaired a round table discussion on life around art, with artists Miss Van, Case Maclaim and Crystal Wagner.

You can listen back on to the audio version or watch the whole thing unfold on youtube.

011: JR Apr 08, 2019

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It seems like a tall task to try and tell a wide-ranging and in-depth visual story of a city, especially one with such a diverse and intriguing counter-culture history like San Francisco, California. But that is exactly what world-renowned street artist, photographer, activist and documentary filmmaker, JR did over the course of a year in the City By the Bay. In his latest project, "The Chronicles of San Francisco," set to open as an interactive installation/mural at SFMOMA on May 23, 2019, JR uses all the great strengths of his craft: photography, filmmaking, storytelling and community engagement to create on his grandest and most in-depth projects to date.
Of course, we sat down with JR just before his awe-inspiring work at the Louvre in late March 2019, a project that saw the French-born artist celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Louvre's "Pyramid" with a grand 4-day street art project at the base of the museum. We are proud to have JR as our 11th episode of the Radio Juxtapoz Podcast.
Also in this episode, hosts Evan Pricco (editor, Juxtapoz Magzine) and Doug Gillen (founder of Fifth Wall TV) talk about all the latest action in the art world, including the JR at the Louvre project, as well as the incredible record-setting week of KAWS in Hong Kong. Enjoy the listen!

010: Selina Miles Mar 25, 2019

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Are we excited for Radio Juxtapoz podcast, episode 10? You better believe it. We criss-crossed the globe to connect with acclaimed filmmaker, Sydney, Australia-based Selina Miles, on the eve of her first full-length documentary film directorial debut, "Martha: A Picture Story." We wanted to catch Miles before the world premiere of her film at the Tribeca Film Festival at the end of April, 2019. After recently screening the film for its subject, the legendary photographer, Martha Cooper, in NYC, we caught Miles back in her Sydney studio.
For the past few years, Miles has been following and working on a film about the life and work of groundbreaking and influential graffiti and street art photographer, Martha Cooper. Martha's work, including the seminal Subway Art and four decades of photographing the evolution of one of the world's largest art movements, has also connected multiple generations to the powerful global art form. In many ways, Martha is the glue that holds these generations together, both a rite of passage for artists but an active and vital artist for the movement as well.
Our hosts, Juxtapoz Editor-in-Chief Evan Pricco and FifthWallTV's Doug Gillen talk to Miles about the making of "Martha," the pressure on working on a legacy as it continues to grow, and on our highly praised work on the hyper-lapse film, Limitless and her 2016 , 6-part series, The Wanderers. This is an episode not to miss.
Evan and Doug also discuss the myth of famous paintings, Phlegm's impressive show in Sheffield and Doug's continuing journey toward the North Pole.

009: Christian Rex van Minnen and Aaron Johnson Mar 12, 2019

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In episode 9 of the Radio Juxtapoz Podcast, hosts Evan Pricco and Doug Gillen sit down with American painters Christian Rex van Minnen and Aaron Johnson the night after their collective solo show, In Heaven, Everything is Fine, opened at Ross + Kramer Gallery in NYC. Both painters have shared a friendship for years that has blossomed into showing work simultaneously, and at times, collectively.
In this episode, we talk about a new era of painting, what lowbrow has meant over the centuries and internalizing the current political climate and finding a new voice in both artists' paintings. At the beginning of the episode, Evan (editor of Juxtapoz Magazine) and Doug (founder and director of FifthWallTV) discuss the idea of hero worship and how one can, if possible, separate the art from the artist.

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