Issue 193 has that crisp early-2017 Juxtapoz feel—clean layouts, big ideas, and a mix of street culture, design, and introspective art. It opens in Brooklyn with Scott Albrecht in Studio Time, where his hand-carved wooden typography and geometric compositions feel both meditative and handcrafted, setting a grounded tone before the magazine spins outward. The Report heads into California’s sun-soaked art history, followed by a Pop Art exhibition in Orange County and a kinetic Picture Book from French Fred, whose skate photography always carries that razor-sharp sense of motion.
Geronimo Balloons brings a splash of sculptural, celebratory design, and the fashion feature dives into the rise of sneaker culture—how collectors, galleries, and brands turned shoes into cultural artefacts. Raymond Pettibon appears in the Influences section, dropping his usual mix of cryptic text, blunt ink lines, and cultural commentary, before the issue shifts into a run of major artist features: Marcel Dzama’s costumed chaos and narrative surrealism; Robert Montgomery’s glowing text-based poetry; Talita Hoffmann’s playful, shape-driven paintings; Scott Albrecht returning for a deeper profile; and a curveball feature on Andrew Luck, the NFL quarterback turned thoughtful maker exploring his own creative side. Ed Emberley rounds it out with his iconic instructional illustration style, a reminder of how many artists grew up on his visual language.
The back pages deliver the usual Juxtapoz mix—Sacramento murals and food for Travel Insider, a look at the University of Iowa’s newly revamped visual-arts school, book reviews covering Carhartt, Dabs Myla, and Bag City, and a Profile tracking the evolution of post–street art through Nuart. Product picks, a Sieben column about artists as “influencers” (the good, bad, and ridiculous), and Pop Life snapshots from Vancouver to LA give the magazine its cultural map. It closes on a reflective note with The Ghost Ship Remembered, tying memory, loss, and art together in that drifting, atmospheric Juxtapoz way.
