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101: Stipan Tadić Dec 05, 2022

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“… painting Central Park is a challenge because there's so many paintings of it and everyone has their own personalized visual. But I thought if I just paint it in my own way, it's going to be unique.” —Stipan Tadić
This was the way we began our Winter 2023 Quarterly, with a quote from Croatian-born, NYC-based painter, Stipan Tadić. The quote seemed quite apt, as he was talking about a confidence in seeing, to paint something everyone knows but not everyone has seen your own version of it. And that is what Stipan does. He paints NYC streets as if they have never been seen before, with a keen eye that blends comics, humor, nostalgia, mystery and good-old-fashioned painterly skill.
We sat down with Stipan as the Winter issue was dropping, speaking with him about that keen eye to see what others see but attempt to reimagine it in your own voice, the fun in his work, his upcoming shows in Croatia and NYC and his penchant for going out at night. The city is like a video game in Stipan's work, and we love watching him play the whole landscape.
The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 101 was recorded in NYC in November 2022. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz

100: Laura June Kirsch Nov 28, 2022

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Yes, here we are, Radio Juxtapoz turns 100. And what a way to turn 100 then to look back at the golden age of... well, suspended adulthood? For this 100th episode, we sit down with Laura June Kirsch on the occasion of her new photography book, Romantic Lowlife Fantasies: Emerging Adults In The Age Of Hope, a look at the unique era that was the Obama years, and what many would see as both a carnal, fun, debaucherous and really, we must say, a literal end to an era. These may be party photos, but there is something more unique going on in Kirsch's photos, a time when music, art, corporate events, food culture, beer culture, festivals and a young generation of business owners and creatives all sort of came together into one party. And the party went on for a bit.
Full disclosure, I helped edit this book with Laura, and wrote in the book's introduction something I truly still believe today:
"I worked with Laura on this book via Zoom and it seems almost like it had to be that way. Maybe there was a need to rekindle a sense of nostalgia, but I think in a moment of pause and absence of sociability, Laura could begin to articulate what this era was. She was there. She participated. There is no judgment in these photos because it was a time when there wasn’t much care about expectations and societal norms. That is why I love these photos, love her stories about each moment, like how she accidentally appears and disappears in each of them. I only dipped my toe in those scenes, but I understood a sense of momentum in the Age of Hope for our generation. This book is perhaps a chapter closing. There may be a new Roaring 20’s on the horizon but that is what makes this era so bizarrely and disastrously wonderful. It wasn’t born off of a period of time when we couldn’t interact, had our live music and bars and nightlife taken from us. Romantic Lowlife Fantasies was literally a moment when we all decided collectively that life didn’t need a schedule. These photos are fun, a word we don’t use often enough in our vernacular, and Laura captures what it was like to just have that fantastical sense of community and fucking fun."
The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 100 was recorded in NYC in November 2022. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz // https://www.romanticlowlifefantasies.com/

099: Love Welcomes x Migrate Art Nov 20, 2022

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In celebration of the Moral Fibres collaboration between the charitable organizations Migrate Art and Love Welcomes, Radio Juxtapoz took a moment to speak on how they each have found a place in both the art world and philanthropic, activist spaces. As the two created a series of scarfs with the artists Chloe Early, Lakwena, Camille Walala and Sara Shamma, where each designed a "beautiful crepe de chine silk scarf, handmade by the incredible team of refugee women at Love Welcomes," we found a moment to highlight the project and learn more about what goes into each companies ethos.
Profits from the sale of every scarf will be split between Love Welcomes and Migrate Art, to support our work helping displaced communities. These scarves will launch next month (December 2022).
The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 099 was recorded in London in November 2022 by Doug Gillen. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz

098: AXEL VOID Nov 11, 2022

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This isn't his first rodeo with us, but wow, it's always great to sit down with our friend Axel Void. He is both an elegant and renegade soul, a painter, muralist, a lynchpin in the Void Projects community of artists and co-op of ideas and practice. He is constantly presenting his work alongside his peers and friends, building an identity that art is more than just a solitary expression, but a potential for a collective.
When we were in Ferizaj, Kosovo for Mural Fest Kosovo, we sat down with Axel Void as he was preparing a workshop with the community there, fresh off another wonderful Void Projects gathering in Spain, and again, on the precipice of another wonderful mural and project in Kosovo.
The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 098 was recorded in September 2022 in Ferizaj, Kosovo by Doug Gillen. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz

097: Mr. Doodle Oct 17, 2022

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It was supposed to be a hailed and more open return to London art week and the Frieze Art Fair in Regent's Park. Sure, it was open last year, but 2022 saw a chance to revive the London art world after the pandemic and recent shock to the pound. But a few weeks ago, an outsider (albeit a much followed one) known as Mr. Doodle sent the message in the form of a massive 12-room Kent-mansion doodle out into the world and every newspaper, blog, social media account had something to say. But we wanted to go there ourselves and talk to the man himself. So that is what we did.
What we found was an artist who not only fulfilled a childhood dream of doodling an entire home, but someone with both an earnestness and bold sense of what would make him happy to complete the project. Over two years he doodled on nearly every inch of the home, a home in which he and his wife will move into permanently in the days to come. When the shock and awe wanes, you realize that the public may never get a chance to see this home and the artist himself will be living and amongst his own mind. We asked him about that, the incredible timelapse he made the project and how he hears the critics now. This is the Doodle House.
The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 097 was recorded in October 2022 in Kent, England. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz

096: HERA Oct 10, 2022

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For over a decade, the German artist HERA was one part of the successful street and fine art duo, HERAKUT. Their murals were seen across the world as part of a major generation of street artist who took muralism to new heights and interpretations. Her visual aesthetic, that of powerful women with a hybrid of animals and text made her and her partner, AKUT, international names in the movement.
Now boldly working just as HERA, her voice in street art is that of a veteran and of individuality. She is a trailblazer, and recently, we caught up with her at the Rise Up Residency in Margate, UK to see what her activism and vision looks like in 2022. As her tagline reads, "been busy doing street art for the past 2 decades…" but there is so much more just underneath the surface.
The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 096 was recorded in October 2022 in Margate, England. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz

095: Pat Perry Sep 07, 2022

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For years, we have been fans of, and followed the muralist, painter, photography, illustrator and filmmaker Pat Perry. What started as a fascination with his On the Road style journal drawings, documented a bohemian life on the go around North America has now turned to an international view of building communities through art in places far and wide, including where this episode was recorded, in Ferizaj, Kosovo for Mural Fest Kosovo.
The Detroit-based artist is one of America's leading muralists, but when you dig deeper, his paintings are like contemporary Andrew Wyeth scenes of rural life and tender moments that often go overlooked. In this episode of Radio Juxtapoz, Doug Gillen speaks with Pat Perry as he completed his mural in Ferizaj and we hear about how the artist tried to embed himself where he paints, the bringing together of all his creative passions and taking of the life jacket of his career and jumping into the deep end of art.
Pat was a participating artist for the On/Offline edition of Mural Fest Kosovo.

The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 095 was recorded in September 2022 in Ferizaj, Kosovo. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz

094: Emma Stern Aug 18, 2022

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What world are we living in, really? We spend so much time traversing through different realms of reality and existence that sometimes our digital self meshes with our physical self and we can pretty much create any persona we want at any given time. Emma Stern is brilliantly creating art in these realms. She has observed and participated in the metaverse with her Lava Babys but found a way to take that universe into the most traditional of places; the easel and oil painting. It's a fascinating concept that is both traditional and of the most the most contemporary, and she is having so much fun doing it.
Her practice of taking 3D worlds and then taking that into the studio to paint has gained her international attention and made the NYC-based painter one of the newest voices in the contemporary art landscape. With shows at Half Gallery, Almine Rech and more, she is challenging our perceptions of what we consider "Internet art" and the possibilities of painting.
In this conversation of the Radio Juxtapoz podcast, Emma Stern discusses her process, what she thinks about the role of woman shaping the metaverse aesthetic and how a little salacious fun is not a bad place to explore our world.
The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 094 was recorded on August 15, 2022 in London, Los Angeles and NYC. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz

093: Sophie Crichton Aug 11, 2022

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Every now and again, the Radio Juxtapoz podcast gets a chance to catch an emerging artist on the cusp of a pivotal moment in their career. What mean is literally in the gallery with the artist as their newest show is about to open. We love that, the energy and anxiety, the excitement and contemplation. In the instance of Toronto-born, Barcelona based Sophie Crichton, we found her at her solo show Bare Bones, opening at OMNI Gallery in London and her at the precipice of a major moment for her career.
Bare Bones is about abstraction, but it's also about the feelings we can't quite say in words as we go about this ever-changing landscape that we call daily life. We don't often have conversations with abstract painters on the podcast, but there is something so refreshing about conversations about mark-making, the challenges of abstraction and how an artist uprooted her life in Toronto for a completely new scene in Spain.
The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 093 was recorded on August 8, 2022 in London Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz

092: Glenn Lutz Aug 04, 2022

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We are asking more questions these days, aren't we? As fractured as we all seem, as disjointed and uncertain the present and future may seem, we are beginning to have conversations about how we face ourselves, peers, family, society and our past. The pandemic reset many of our lives, but also put a new perspective on our identities and the existence of those around us. If this time didn't change you or cause you to reflect, you really weren't paying attention.
Glenn Lutz is a writer and conceptual artist whose new book, There’s Light: Artworks & Conversations Examining Black Masculinity, Identity and Mental Well-being, is a result of years of conversations with fine artist and creatives in the Black community who are actively engaged in examining their mental health in the 21st century. In conversations with the likes of the late Virgil Abloh, Mark Bradford, Rashid Johnson, Steve McQueen and more, Lutz has become the conduit to an overlooked conversation in not only our society but the art world as well.
In this episode of the Radio Juxtapoz podcast, we speak to Lutz about putting this new book together, how open his subjects allowed themselves to be, growing up in LA, his own mental heath battles, how religion played a role in his life and how a move to Hawaii has settled his mind.
The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV's Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 092 was recorded on July 29, 2022 in LA, Oahu and Margate. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz

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