Michael Leon + Arkitip Vexhall Series

The artist creates new flags as part of his ongoing project

by Eva Glettner Both an artist and an art director, Michael Leon never strays far from the tenacity and enthusiasm he picked up as a skateboarder in the late ’80s. He blends a DIY attitude with finely honed skills perfectly, and the results are always something special—especially when you’re working in the unusual medium of flags. He first introduced “Vexhall” (a word coined by Leon …

Celebrating 20 Years of Juxtapoz

We speak with Editor in Chief Evan Pricco ahead of the publication's anniversary show, Art Truancy

Founded by artists and collectors back in 1994, Juxtapoz magazine has remained a significant publication and a true champion of the contemporary art world—and those who keep it spinning. Created as the antithesis of the stuffy, old-fashioned scene, the SF-based publication promoted (and continues to promote) artists, galleries and genres that were oftentimes overlooked, and the magazine’s staff has remained ever-vigilant; representing those they believe …

John Knuth’s Fly Paintings

We speak with the LA-based artist about his unique technique on utilizing common houseflies

To create the paintings for his “Master Plan” series (on show now at Chicago’s Andrew Rafacz Gallery), LA-based artist John Knuth feeds a mixture of sugar and watercolor paint to hundreds of thousands of common houseflies. As the flies eat, they digest externally, and over time they regurgitate millions of colored specks onto the canvas. To control this process, the artist builds boxes that limit …