Juliana Huxtable
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.This surreal and visually striking contemporary artwork features a figure with vibrant purple skin and intricate, floral headpiece posed in a dynamic, crouching position against a dreamlike backdrop. The bold, monochromatic color palette, including the vivid pink sky and teal pool, creates a captivating and otherworldly atmosphere. The subject's distinctive style, with its fusion of natural and futuristic elements, suggests an exploration of themes related to identity, transformation, and the blending of the physical and spiritual realms. The artist's innovative use of color, form, and symbolic imagery invites the viewer to consider the deeper conceptual layers and narratives underlying this thought-provoking piece. ...
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Juliana Huxtable
1987 , AmericanJuliana Huxtable's multidisciplinary practice is dedicated to the complex interrelationship of race, identity, queerness and gender. From performance art to digital collage to self-portraiture to DJing to writing, the artist erases distinctions between the mediums, turning her practice into a vibrant and saturated space of multicolour and political and LGBTQ+ activism. Such distinctions may be taken to be analogous to those of contemporary societal norms, which Huxtable fiercely scrutinises, showing hope for an alternative, more fluid reality. Huxtable places her own physical body and history of her transition in the works that reveal sexism of video games, accentuate alienation of the concept of "boyhood", and trace connections between colonialism and homophobia. Her practice is at once personal and public, contemporary and historical, critical and reassuring. The radicality of celebrating her body and identity further provokes the audience's gaze, one which is contextualised by the societal past and cultural forces that Huxtable continuously diverts from the state of rigidness and separation to the state of queer flux. ...
Juliana Huxtable: Artworks
Project Native Informant
LondonContemporary art gallery established in 2013 with a strong interest in expanded institutional critique. Project Native Informant works with 16 artists and collectives, producing 5-6 exhibitions per year and hosting performances, concerts, talks and events.