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{{short description|Journal of urban alternative and underground contemporary art}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox magazine
|title        =Juxtapoz
|logo   = Juxtapoz magazine nameplate.jpg
|image_size   =
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|editor       = [[Evan Pricco]]
|editor_title = Editor-in-Chief
|frequency    =Monthly
|circulation  =
|category     =[[Art magazine]]
|company      = High Speed Productions
|publisher    =
|firstdate    =1994
|country= United States<!--[[WP:ICONDECORATION]]-->
|based        =San Francisco, California
|language     =English
|website      ={{URL|https://www.juxtapoz.com|Juxtapoz.com}}
|issn         = 1077-8411
|oclc         = 30889397
}}

'''''Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine''''' (pronounced ''JUX-tah-pose'') is a [[magazine]] created in 1994 by a group of artists and art collectors including [[Robert Williams (artist)|Robert Williams]], Fausto Vitello, C.R. Stecyk III (a.k.a. Craig Stecyk), Greg Escalante, and [[Eric Swenson]]<ref>{{ cite news | url=http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/06/22/eric-swenson-co-founder-of-thrasher-magazine-commits-suicide-in-sf/ | title=Eric Swenson, co-founder of Thrasher Magazine, commits suicide in SF | date=2011-06-22 | access-date=2011-07-19 | work=NBC Sports Off the Bench | last=Chandler | first=Rick}}</ref> to both help define and celebrate urban alternative and underground contemporary art. ''Juxtapoz'' is published by High Speed Productions, the same company that publishes ''[[Thrasher magazine|Thrasher]]'' skateboard magazine in [[San Francisco, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsproductions.com/|title=www.hsproductions.com|access-date=2017-02-12|archive-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602180535/http://hsproductions.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

==Scope==
''Juxtapoz'' launched with the mission of connecting modern genres like [[Psychedelic art|psychedelic]] and hot rod art, [[graffiti]], [[street art]], and [[illustration]], to the context of broader more historically recognized genres of art like [[Pop art|Pop]], [[Assemblage (art)|assemblage]], [[Old Master|old master painting]], and [[conceptual art]]. Although based in [[San Francisco]], ''Juxtapoz'' was founded upon the belief in the virtues of [[Southern California]] [[popular culture|pop culture]] and freedom from the conventions of the "established" [[New York City]] art world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12491-the-realest.html|title=The Realest {{!}} Robert Williams: A punk before his time|access-date=2017-02-12|language=en-US|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090444/http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12491-the-realest.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Ferus Gallery]], run by [[Walter Hopps]] and Irving Blum in the 1950s and 1960s, was the ultimate cultural touchstone for the magazine.

''Juxtapoz'' originally reflected Williams' own [[Kustom Kulture]] sensibility – a combination of California [[Ed Roth|"Big Daddy" Ed Roth]]–style [[pop surrealism]] (identified by some as synonymous with [[Lowbrow (art movement)|lowbrow art]] and others as its own genre<ref name="williams">{{cite web |url=http://www.lowbrowartworld.com/robert_williams.html |title=Robert Williams - "That Demon Rust" |work=Lowbrow Artworld |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317192149/http://www.lowbrowartworld.com/robert_williams.html |archive-date=2012-03-17 |access-date=2018-06-24 }}</ref>) and the serious [[Figurative art|figurative]] craftsmanship that is more likely to be found among [[illustrator]]s than [[fine art]]ists today.

==Growth==
''Juxtapoz'' expanded its range in the early 2000s to cover other nascent styles and subgenres of [[underground art]]. Artists who have received coverage in ''Juxtapoz'' include [[KAWS (artist)|KAWS]], [[Mark Ryden]], [[Barry McGee]], [[Todd Schorr]], [[Tara McPherson]], [[Camille Rose Garcia]], [[Tim Biskup]], [[Anthony Ausgang]], [[Michael Pearce (artist)|Michael Pearce]] and [[Tom Sachs (artist)|Tom Sachs]].

As of 2009, ''Juxtapoz'' had the largest circulation of any [[List of art magazines|art magazine]] in the [[United States]], more than established counterparts like ''[[Art News]]'', ''[[Art in America]]'', and ''[[Artforum]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://reason.com/archives/2009/05/26/art-for-the-masses|title=Art for the Masses!|date=2009-05-26|newspaper=Reason.com|access-date=2017-02-12|language=en}}</ref> In addition to printed subscriptions which offer alternative cover images to the newsstand version, ''Juxtapoz'' is also available as an online digital subscription.

[[Evan Pricco]] is the editor-in-chief.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/information/contact-us|title=Juxtapoz Magazine - Contact Us|access-date=2017-02-12|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Hot Rod Magazine|Hot Rod]]''
* [[Lowbrow art]]
* [[Niagara (artist)|Niagara]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.juxtapoz.com/}}
* [http://www.sketchypad.com/2008/06/23/opening-night-in-the-land-of-retinal-delights-the-juxtapoz-factor/ ''Photos from In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor''], an exhibition curated by [[Meg Linton]], ([http://www.artscenecal.com/Announcements/2008/0608/LagunaMsm0608.html Exhibition announcement])

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