JUXTAPOZ ISSUE 158 / MARCH 2014

Issue 158 is Juxtapoz in full psychedelic-spring bloom—bright, loose, and loaded with artists pushing their own corners of underground culture. It opens with a contributor spotlight and a short intro before slipping into The Report and an event recap, setting the tone for a month where everything feels slightly neon and slightly unruly. The Picture Book section keeps it dreamy, while the design and fashion spreads lean into that clean-but-weird aesthetic Juxtapoz was threading through the mid-2010s. The Influences chapter leads straight into a big hit: a feature on psychedelic poster art, all swirling colours, melted typography, and acid-era echoes.

From there, the issue dives into its artist features—starting with Casey Gray, whose layered stencils and crisp gradients make everyday objects feel like hallucinations. Toshio Saeki follows with erotic horror done the Saeki way: surreal, perverse, beautiful, and deeply unsettling. Amir H. Fallah brings a burst of pattern-heavy portraiture and conceptual identity work, and Kylea Borges rounds the set with intimate, atmospheric photography that feels like memories half-lit by sunrise.

The back of the issue widens out again: travel notes, “beautiful bits,” book reviews, a profile slot, product picks, and Sieben riffing on life as only he can. Pop Life closes things with cultural snapshots before the final Perspective lands the issue on a reflective note. It’s a colourful, trippy, highly Juxtapoz run—perfect for fans of Saeki, Gray, and that early-2010s poster-art revival.