Giant Robot Time: 5.11.12 – New work by Eishi Takaoka now available!
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Eishi Takaoka provided us with some photos of his pieces right from his work space.
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Ako Castuera’s THEY ARE US exhibition continues. There’s plenty of great works still available. All the unsolds are sorted in this link. Since there’s so many pieces and it’s hard to tell, we sorted them for you. Search term: Ako Unsold


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art Exhibition at GR2
I Am Fine – Eishi Takaoka
May 5 – May 30, 2012
Opening reception Saturday May 5th 2012, 6:30-10pm
GR2 – 2062 Sawtelle Blvd LA, CA 90025 www.gr2.net 310 445 9276
Giant Robot 2 (GR2) presents: I Am Fine
Solo exhibition by Eishi Takaoka
Eishi Takaoka’s work is coming back. 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 in Tokyo and New York, one-person exhibitions at Giant Robot New York and GR2 in Los Angeles, and on the cover of novelist Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore.
For this exhibition, Takaoka will create 34 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.
Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles as well as an online equivalent.
Eric Nakamura
Giant Robot Owner/Publisher
eric@giantrobot.com
(310) 479-7311
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art Exhibition at GR2
They Are Us – New Work by Ako Castuera
April 7 – May 2, 2012
Opening reception Saturday April 7th 2012, 6:30-10pm
GR2 – 2062 Sawtelle Blvd LA, CA 90025 www.gr2.net 310 445 9276
Giant Robot 2 (GR2) presents: They Are Us
Solo exhibition by Ako Castuera
Ako Castuera often shows at Giant Robot in group exhibitions. This will be her first solo effort at Giant Robot. Castuera’s work involves a look into the past which has brought us into the present. Along with her sweeping watercolor hills and valleys are dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. Castuera relays their significance as a dreaming point as well as their contribution in our ecosystem. Also in this exhibition will be sculptural work also depicting prehistoric animals captured in a modernistic style. Castuera’s work is colorful, dreamy and captures a concept that explains who we are and where we came from.
Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles as well as an online equivalent.
Eric Nakamura
Giant Robot Owner/Publisher
eric@giantrobot.com
(310) 479-7311