Juxtapoz – November 2008 (Vol. 15, No. 11)

A globally focused, museum-level issue, this one shifts Juxtapoz’s usual street and pop-surrealist energy toward a deeper look at contemporary African and diaspora artists. The structure follows the familiar flow — intro, style sheet, profiles, Showstoppers, extended profiles, insiders, and a long-form perspective — but the tone is more curated, political, and art-historical than most late-2000s issues.

The features spotlight a powerful lineup: Simon Njami’s curatorial voice sets the framework, Wangechi Mutu brings her visceral collage-based futurism, and Mikhael Subotzky documents the human and architectural aftermaths of post-apartheid South Africa. Ghada Amer blends painting and embroidery into sharp feminist critique, Cheri Cherin delivers Congolese pop-culture brilliance, and Jane Alexander’s sculptural work hits with dystopian weight. Youssef Nabil adds hand-coloured photographic nostalgia, Pascale Tayou pushes borderless conceptual play, and Faith47 grounds everything with South African street-level intensity. A rich, serious, beautifully assembled issue — one of Juxtapoz’s strongest for global contemporary art.