197 search results for "biennale"

WAITING — SOLO EXHIBITION BY EISHI TAKAOKA

MAY 25 – JUNE 12, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, MAY 25, 6:30-10PM

We’re not changing a thing.

“Although the sculptures of Eishi Takaoka all portray the same serene expression, their outwardly calm façade belies a world of bottled-up emotions. With nowhere to go, these intense feelings manifest themselves in outlandish formations that sprout out of the top of each figure’s head. The uniquely sculpted heads of Takaoka are rooted in a personal fantasy world that is fueled by the emotional ups and downs of daily life in lower-middle class Japan. He instills his frustration with life in Kagoshima and feelings of isolation into each of the pieces, which are comprised of carved wood painted with raw mineral pigments placed atop empty glass medicine bottles.”

Takaoka’s pieces have been seen in group shows including the Giant Robot Biennale I and III, and on the cover of novelist Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore.

For this exhibition, Takaoka will create new sculptures at Giant Robot 2 in Los Angeles. He is currently attending school in his hometown of Kagoshima, Japan and will not be in Los Angeles for the opening.

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SUSAN FENIGER’S STREET X GIANT ROBOT AND FRIENDS

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 12-3PM

742 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA!

We’ll be popping up 12-3 at Street! Sunday May 26th along with Space Camp Featuring Jesse Tise and Bradford Lynn and Never Press with Jesse Fillingham, Gabe Gonzales and James Chong.

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GIANT ROBOT ROBOT ARMY HOODIES Be all you can be with the Giant Robot Army Hoody! Available in black, gray, and navy blue.
POKETO WALLETS ADVENTURE TIME & BUBI AU YEUNG Cute and playful wallets featuring original artwork on both the inside and outside.
JEFFREY BROWN - STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND SON In this hilarious and sweet comic re-imagining, Darth Vader is a dad like any other—except with all the baggage of being the Dark Lord of the Sith.		JEFFREY BROWN - STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND SON – POSTCARD SET Comic artist Jeffrey Brown’s take on Darth Vader raising a young Luke Skywalker is the cutest! Each scene is taken from the comic with the same title.
POKETO X LISA CONGDON PYRAMID TEA TOWEL Turn your bathroom or kitchen into a neater space. Available in two different colorways.		TARO GOMI – DOODLES: A REALLY GIANT COLORING & DOODLING BOOK A book that will truly help foster any child’s budding imagination.

UGLYCON

JUNE 15 – JUNE 26, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2-9PM

Giant Robot and Uglydoll are proud to present UglyCon, an exhibition of art, plush, comics and more by Uglydoll, Friends and Fans!

For any other information on or about any of the artists or anything else contact Eric Nakamura at Giant Robot.

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GAME NIGHT 14

FEATURING: RETRON 5 AND SUPABOY BY HYPERKIN

SATURDAY, MAY 18, 6:30-10PM

Scheduled are two Retron 5 consoles which as of this date has not been released along with 10 Supaboy handheld consoles. We’ll also be giving away 2 Supaboys and customized buttons. We’ll also be an official LA Streetpass event so bring your DS!

Since its inception Hyperkin® has rapidly established a reputation for developing innovative, reliable and cost-friendly video game peripherals. Hyperkin® designs, manufactures and distributes a wide variety of accessories for every major platform including; Nintendo® Wii™, Sony® PlayStation® 3, Microsoft® Xbox® 360, Nintendo® DSi®XL, Sony® PSP™ as well as an extensive catalog of peripherals for classic platforms like NES, SNES, GameBoy™, SEGA® Genesis™, Saturn™ and Dreamcast™.

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AUTHOR SIGNING — MATTHEW SPECKTOR

AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2-3PM

Matthew Specktor is the author of the novels American Dream Machine, which is currently being developed into a series for Showtime, and That Summertime Sound, as well as a nonfiction book of film criticism. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, The Believer, Tin House, Salon, and numerous other anthologies and publications. He is a founding editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books.

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MIMOBOT X HELLO KITTY USB FLASH DRIVES Store all of your precious moments and memories with Hello Kitty!
GUNDAM COLLECTION DX6/00 FIGURE BLIND BOX Impressive robots you can enjoy on your desk.
HINT MINT AUDREY KAWASAKI SERIES Audrey Kawasaki’s beautiful paintings adorn the collectible tins.
SHIPPON SELF-WATERING MINI PLANTERS Hang the little cat or dog on a cup filled with water and watch the plant grow from its bag!
MATTHEW SPECKTOR AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE American Dream Machine is the story of two talent agents and their three troubled boys, heirs to Hollywood royalty.		MATTHEW SPECKTOR THAT SUMMERTIME SOUND Freshman summer, 1986: You think you’re looking for happiness and you’re in love with the world’s best and most obscure band.

WAITING — SOLO EXHIBITION BY EISHI TAKAOKA

MAY 25 – JUNE 12, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, MAY 25, 6:30-10PM

We’re not changing a thing.

“Although the sculptures of Eishi Takaoka all portray the same serene expression, their outwardly calm façade belies a world of bottled-up emotions. With nowhere to go, these intense feelings manifest themselves in outlandish formations that sprout out of the top of each figure’s head. The uniquely sculpted heads of Takaoka are rooted in a personal fantasy world that is fueled by the emotional ups and downs of daily life in lower-middle class Japan. He instills his frustration with life in Kagoshima and feelings of isolation into each of the pieces, which are comprised of carved wood painted with raw mineral pigments placed atop empty glass medicine bottles.”

Takaoka’s pieces have been seen in group shows including the Giant Robot Biennale I and III, and on the cover of novelist Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore.

For this exhibition, Takaoka will create new sculptures at Giant Robot 2 in Los Angeles. He is currently attending school in his hometown of Kagoshima, Japan and will not be in Los Angeles for the opening.

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GAME NIGHT 14

FEATURING: RETRON 5 AND SUPABOY BY HYPERKIN

MAY 18, 6:30-10PM

Scheduled are two Retron 5 consoles which as of this date has not been released along with 10 Supaboy handheld consoles. We’ll also be giving away 2 Supaboys and customized buttons. We’ll also be an official LA Streetpass event so bring your DS!

Since its inception Hyperkin® has rapidly established a reputation for developing innovative, reliable and cost-friendly video game peripherals. Hyperkin® designs, manufactures and distributes a wide variety of accessories for every major platform including; Nintendo® Wii™, Sony® PlayStation® 3, Microsoft® Xbox® 360, Nintendo® DSi®XL, Sony® PSP™ as well as an extensive catalog of peripherals for classic platforms like NES, SNES, GameBoy™, SEGA® Genesis™, Saturn™ and Dreamcast™.

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WAITING — SOLO EXHIBITION BY EISHI TAKAOKA

MAY 25 – JUNE 12, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, MAY 25, 6:30-10PM

We’re not changing a thing.

“Although the sculptures of Eishi Takaoka all portray the same serene expression, their outwardly calm façade belies a world of bottled-up emotions. With nowhere to go, these intense feelings manifest themselves in outlandish formations that sprout out of the top of each figure’s head. The uniquely sculpted heads of Takaoka are rooted in a personal fantasy world that is fueled by the emotional ups and downs of daily life in lower-middle class Japan. He instills his frustration with life in Kagoshima and feelings of isolation into each of the pieces, which are comprised of carved wood painted with raw mineral pigments placed atop empty glass medicine bottles.”

Takaoka’s pieces have been seen in group shows including the Giant Robot Biennale I and III, and on the cover of novelist Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore.

For this exhibition, Takaoka will create new sculptures at Giant Robot 2 in Los Angeles. He is currently attending school in his hometown of Kagoshima, Japan and will not be in Los Angeles for the opening.

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AREAWARE MICRO CUBEBOT Wooden Cubebots! From a cube to a bot.

KOZYNDAN A VISIT BY THE VISIONARIES TO VICTORIA PRINT Close-up view of the larger panoramic print.

SOUTHER SALAZAR WE DON’T KNOW WHERE THIS RIVER GOES POSTCARD Let your loved ones know they are special with this new postcard by Souther Salazar.

SOUTHER SALAZAR INTO A WORLD THAT NOBODY KNOWS TOTE BAG Cute new tote from artist Souther Salazar.

LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL

MAY 2 – MAY 12, 2013

Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, presents the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) on May 2- 12, 2013 at the Director’s Guild of America (DGA), CGV Cinemas located in Koreatown, the Tateuchi Democracy Forum at NCPD in Little Tokyo, and the historic Art Theatre of Long Beach.

YEAR OF THE SNAKE

FEB 2 – FEB 20, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, FEB 2, 6:30-10PM

An amazing collection of artists to celebrate Year of the Snake. A group art exhibition featuring:

Rob Sato, Ako Castuera, Aaron Woes, Jeremiah Ketner, Michael Hsiung, Christine Wu, Jeff McMillan, Cristina Paolos, Mari Naomi, Joe To, Gosha Levochkin, Kohei Yamashita, Theo Ellsworth, Hiro Hayashi, Stella Hultberg, Luke Chueh, Deth P. Sun, Sara Saedi, Dionne Bang, Yoskay Yamamoto, Edwin Ushiro, Audrey Kawasaki, Miso, Sean Chao, Martin Hsu, Bubi Au Yeung, Joe Hahn, Heidi Hahn, Mu Pan, Jen Tong, Pam Henderson, Stasia Burrington, Eleanor Davis, Kio Griffith, Silvio Porreta, Susie Ghahremani, Edwin Ushiro, Andrice Arp, Jeni Yang, Diem Chau, Andrew Hem, Shawn Cheng, Nao Harada, Aaron Brown, Ryuji Oguni, Ken Taya, Saelee Oh, Jeremiah La Torre, Wayne Johnson, Mari Inukai, Shihori Nakayama, Elliot Brown, Kerry Horvath, APAK, Sana Park, Jon Lau + More

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MIMOBOT USB FLASH DRIVES STAR TREK / STAR WARS / BRUCE LEE Fun designer flash drives that are too awesome to misplace.

NYAN CAT PLUSH (SERIES 1) Internet sensation Nyan Cat is now a plush toy! Plays the Nyan Cat song when you squeeze it!

LIVING DEPICTIONS

JANUARY 12 – JANUARY 30, 2013

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 6:30-10PM

A group art exhibition featuring, Jay Horinouchi, Kwanchai Moriya, Sarah Lee, Elliot Brown, Shawn Cheng, Maiko Kanno, and Wayne Johnson (new addition).

The commonality of the first exhibition of 2013 will feature six artists who’ll be exhibiting works ranging in subjects, yet most or all with be paintings. Each artist approaches their works in their own materials and ways. A few have recently graduated Art Center College of Design (Kwanchai Moriya, Elliot Brown and Sarah Lee) two currently live in Japan (Jay Horinouchi and Maiko Kanno), and one (Shawn Cheng) is currently living in New York City.

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TREESON & OTHER STORIES SERIES 2 FIGURE A new series of vinyl figures, featuring Treeson and character designs based on Bubi Au Yeung’s book “Treeson & Other Stories.”
JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE #145 JAMES JEAN COVER Cover artist James Jean is the main subject of Juztapoz’s latest issue.		JAMES JEAN REBUS BOOK Hardcover and the first edition went out of print in an instant.
KAUZBOTS ROBOT PLUSH Hugable, lovable robots!		ANDROID VINYL FIGURE Paint your own designs on the figure!
MEAT BUN T-SHIRT CEASELESS DISCHARGE “Back in high school, I used to listen to nothing but Ceaseless Discharge on cassette…”		MEAT BUN T-SHIRT FORMULA ZERO “Show us your moves and your support of Team Falcon…”
POST-IT SHOW SELECT ARTWORK NOW ARRANGED BY ARTIST Pick your own Post-It from artists such as Eleanor Davis, Johnny Ryan, Matt Furie, and more!