Comments on: Not Just for Skull T-shirts Anymore

Not Just for Skull T-shirts Anymore

pinothefrog — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:46:49 -0800

Inspired by the 88-artist exhibition Africa Remix, Juxtapoz magazine's most recent issue is almost entirely dedicated to contemporary African artists. Highlights include Pieter Hugo's Nollywood photo series, Diane Victor's Smoke Portraits, Abu Bakarr Mansarray's crazy machine sketches, Ransome Stanley's oil paintings, Mikhael Subotzky's prison photography, Wangechi Mutu's collages, Cheri Cherin's large-scale political canvases, and Jane Alexander's human/animal sculptures.

Between the amazing graffiti you see in Senegal and hand-painted Ghanaian movie posters, I'm surprised Juxtapoz hasn't focused on Africa sooner. Although I guess their broadened scope isn't really news.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:25:26 -0800

Wow - interesting links for days of distraction and intrigue. Thanks!

By: kozad

kozad — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:45:59 -0800

Yeah, wow. Better than their usual stuff, and I like their usual stuff.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:57:59 -0800

Juicy post! But I've been looking forward to this show coming to the Hayward for yonks, so I think I'll save the links until after I've seen the work in the flesh come February. Also, I wonder how long it'll take for folk to start claiming that "Africa is the new China", driving these artists' prices to nutty levels?

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:05:29 -0800

Arse, I couldn't resist clicking a couple: Diane Victor's stuff looks like it could be really interesting. (I can't wait for the future when the Ultramonitor 9000 and Web 10.0 make looking at art online work properly.)

By: smackwich

smackwich — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:24:48 -0800

The smoke portraits are dope

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:27:16 -0800

really interesting stuff, thanks for the post, pinothefrog.

By: beerbajay

beerbajay — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:40:11 -0800

Those Nollywood photos are pretty fucking good.