JUXTAPOZ ISSUE 187 / AUGUST 2016

Issue 187 is Juxtapoz at its most cinematic—shadowy, myth-heavy, and packed with artists who build worlds as much as they make images. It kicks off with Guillermo del Toro in Studio Time, wandering through his legendary “Bleak House,” the private museum of monsters and obsessions that fuels his filmmaking. From there it jumps into Kubrick at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, a deep dive into the director’s meticulous archives, before swinging to FUTURA’s frontier-pushing exhibition—graffiti futurism at full power.

Zhang Xiao’s Picture Book brings a quieter rhythm with photographs of China’s disappearing coastal life, while Third Drawer Down’s design section turns everyday objects into playful art relics. Tom Gould follows with the fashion history of Lo Life, mapping the movement from street-born Polo theft to full-blown cultural mythology.

The features hit hard: Duke Riley’s Influences section digs into nautical lore and rogue Americana; Ed Ruscha appears like a cool desert mirage; EKTA’s crisp abstractions slice through the issue; and Robin F. Williams’ hyper-stylised figurative paintings glow with color and intensity. Francesco Igory Deiana adds a dose of graphite-driven, distorted minimalism, while Robert Burden’s massive, devotional paintings of childhood toys deliver a blast of nostalgia turned cathedral-level epic. A second del Toro piece—this one about his LACMA exhibition—threads the cinematic tone back in.

The back section rounds it out: Mike Shine causing trouble in Nashville for Travel Insider; Diebenkorn at Stanford for the art-school crowd; and book reviews covering WK Interact, Nigerian rock, and R. Crumb. A moody profile of Sujin, product picks (Vans, Artograph gear, Fred Tomaselli), Sieben reminding everyone that “weird people out,” and Pop Life snapshots from across LA lead to a final Perspective with Marshall and Fairey weighing in on American civics. It’s a rich, film-soaked, highly visual issue—perfect for Guillermo del Toro fans and anyone into world-building artists.