In his latest “Trash Talking” exhibition, staged in a converted gas station now art space, Leavitt takes on American brans, consumer culture and crafts them out of packaging from other branded products. We interviewed the artist for a hifructose.com exclusive. Click above to read it. The post Mike Leavitt Talks Trash with New Exhibition of Mutated Fake Out Branded Sculptures first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine ..read more

“We The People” by Nari Ward, 96 × 324 inches. Hundreds of shoelaces comprise the installation, “We the People”. The laces slightly obscure the old-fashioned calligraphic script, encouraging the viewers to pause and perhaps reconsider this familiar, narrowly defined phrase which didn’t necessarily include women, African-Americans, Native Americans, or those who did not own land. […] The post Inside Crystal Bridges Museum first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine ..read more

We've just returned from an eye opening experience at the 21c Museum hotel and the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Bentonville, AR. The whole town is a welcoming hub of contemporary art and nature, thoughtfully and intentionally developed into a community that incorporates exciting public art throughout the city, thanks to the curatorial efforts of Oz Art NWA. Click above to see a tour of Fragile Figures: Beings and Time. The post 21C Museum Hotel in Bentonville Opens Eyes in the Ozarks first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine ..read more

Working with cardboard, artist Nonamey recreated a heightened version of his room from that time in an impressive installation at Brassworks Gallery in Portland, Oregon. Click above to read the full interview and have a look inside the installation. The post Nonamey Recreates Teenage Hide Out Using Cardboard In Latest Installation first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine ..read more

Our next issue features a plethora of issue exclusive articles, printed on fine art papers, Hi-Fructose 71 features a cover feature on the sculptures of En Iwamura, the paintings of Michael Kohler, Bjorn Lie's ultra bright botanical paintings, Ana Barriga's fascination with kitty objects, Jack Kenna's Milk Crate paintings, A special insert section dedicated to the work of James Linickas printed on sketchbook paper, Vicke Vainionpaa's Gaze paintings, Bella Ormseth's anthropomorphized mushroom paintings, Andrea Koch's deeply moody rural portraits. Plus multi-page reviews of the new Geoff McFetri ..read more

Illustrator-turned-fine artist Janice Sung’s figures seem at home amidst natural settings, whether in a lily pad pond or a garden, floating like a near-translucent milk specters. Her recent gallery showing at Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles, the first using physical media by the artist. We asked the artist a few questions about her new body of work and about transitioning from digital to physical media. Click the above already and read the hifructose.com exclusive interview. The post Beautiful Abyss: The Art of Janice Sung first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine ..read more

Hi-Fructose writer Zara Kand visits Coleccion SOLO in Spain for their latest Handle With Care exhibition. Click above to see the full report. The post HF Visits: Coleccion SOLO in Spain first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine ..read more

As a tribute to this “most wonderful time of the year” artists Lauren YS and Makoto Chi have created twenty-eight works (and a mural) for their new “Five Poisons” exhibition. We’ve interviewed the artists about the work. Click image above to read it, or else. The post Beware “The Five Poisons”! first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine ..read more

With a mix of dark humor and an impressive skill at creating inviting, yet dangerous worlds, the artist known as Bub has caught our eye. Click above to read our new interview with the artist and his new body of work, before it's too late. The post Have No Fear, It’s Just a “Mild Apocolypse”: An Interview with Bub first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine ..read more

We live in strange times and artists Michael Kebow and Mike Davis both have something in common: they use surrealism and time travel to address modern and existential issues. Click to read the Hi-Fructose exclusive interviews with painters Mike Davis and Michael Kebow about their respective solo showings. The post Time Traveling with Painters Mike Davis and Michael Kerbow first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine ..read more