Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Years ago, Deth P Sun came down, brought some buddies and took all night to install. There’s been a few shows now, so it’s nearly a blur, but there was beer, JD, and good times. I remember one morning after the install, I walked into GR2 and there was a beer can pyramid on the ground! Now it’s all pro, the install takes a few hours, and it’s like clock work. Deth’s not a kid anymore.
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Years ago, Deth P Sun came down, brought some buddies and took all night to install. There's been a few shows now, so it's nearly a blur, but there was beer, JD, and good times. I remember one morning after the install, I walked into GR2 and there was a beer can pyramid on the ground!
Now it's all pro, the install takes a few hours, and it's like clock work. Deth's not a kid anymore.
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Now it's all pro, the install takes a few hours, and it's like clock work. Deth's not a kid anymore.
[nggallery id=42] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – APAK Art Show Little Sanctuary at GRSF, April 21 – May 10 Reception: Saturday, April 21, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Giant Robot is proud to present Little Sanctuary, an art show featuring the work of husband-and-wife collaborative duo Ayumi and Aaron Piland, a.k.a. APAK, who hide out like hermits on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. For the show, the two artists are preparing 30 colorful gauche paintings ranging from 5″ x 7″ to 8″ x 10″ on wood and paper, illustrating “the fantastic utopian life and adventures of little beings living in a lush organic environments surrounded by curious and friendly little animals.” Tweaked with fantastic elements and charged by rich colors, the familiar landscapes are familiar yet surreal, hinting at fantastic narrative while suggesting truths about the real world at the same time. A reception with the artists will be held from 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, April 21.
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[nggallery id=61] Yukinori Dehara, David Horvath, and Sun-Min Kim at GR2 Reception: Saturday, April 19, 6:30 – 10:00 April 19 – May 14 GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 445-9276
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[nggallery id=79] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group Art Show Fearfully and Wonderfully at GRSF, March 17 – April 18 Reception: Saturday, March 17, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Giant Robot is proud to present Fearfully and Wonderfully, a group art show featuring the work of Sean Cassidy, Katherine Guillen, Zachary Rossman, and Brian Rush. For the show, Sean Cassidy is preparing 10-20 small pieces that instill the effortless flow of the drawn line with the mystery of science. His deceptively straightforward paintings and sculptures balance the primal need for expression with an unstated but understood logic and cloud the boundaries of fact and fantasy. Katherine Guillen uses watercolor, etching, and ceramics to “chronicle the hopeless state of the environment, and the darker side of humanity that it exposes.” Her translucent-but-dark hues depict subjects such as manual labor and bullies, as well as floods and other forms of nature in an unflinching, subtly humorous manner. Zachary Rossman plans on painting about seven gouache-on-paper pieces, all of which will feature meticulous brushwork. Fixated on the unbreakable and often freakish relationship between humans and nature, his latest work suggests an obsessive fixation with caves, as well as mountains, black holes, icicles, botanical forms, and creatures. Brian Rush will prepare 10-15 acrylic paintings that will feature cartoon-based characters and narratives, loosely held together by a non-linear storyline or idea. Although the subjects may be familiar, no single explanation is enforced upon the viewers, who are allowed to construct their own explanations of the accessible yet cryptic themes. A reception for the artists will be held from 6:30 , 10:00 on Saturday, March 17. For more information about the show, the artists, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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