We kick off Season 20 of The Unibrow’s Radio Juxtapoz podcast with a dialog with Mexican-American, Los Angeles-based painter, Salomón Huerta.
What began as scheduling a dialog with Huerta across the opening of his solo present Stillness, which opened at Harper’s in NYC within the spring, and he and I desirous to catch up after Huerta misplaced his dwelling in Altadena within the fires that ravaged Southern California in January 2025 turned one other dialog about fires in LA County: simply as we click on affirmation on our time to fulfill up, ICE raids all through LA had put town into shock, sparking mass protests, Nationwide Guard and Marines being delivered to the streets to intensify tensions and has left the Mexican-American neighborhood in worry.
Not solely did Huerta need to discuss concerning the present local weather right here however his personal private story of being an immigrant to America. Born in Tijuana, Mexico in 1965, his story is considered one of a meteoric rise within the tremendous artwork world (exhibits at Gagosian in 2001 simply as he left UCLA) to soul-searching after his preliminary success to now creating a number of the most private works so far.
There’s a lot of Huerta’s story I did not know, so on this episode of the podcast, I communicate with him concerning the creation of his famed “again of head” portraits, the genesis of the gun work and the way he started to develop the pool and residential works he’s know for now. And, in fact, we discuss LA, how his neighborhood is rattled and what which means for him sooner or later. From a wild story of John Baldessari’s sort-of critique of his MFA work at UCLA, to an upcoming present at Marc Selwyn Fantastic Artwork, that is an sincere must-listen.. —Evan Pricco
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The Unibrow’s Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 166 was recorded in Los Angeles on June eleventh, 2025.
