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giant robot time: 3.22.13 | art by: deth p. sun

BIGFOOT THE FOREST WARLORD VINYL FIGURES Bigfoot has released some very impressive limited edition vinyl figures! DETH P. SUN VARIOUS DRAWINGS ZINE Collection of Deth P. Sun’s favorite drawings he made in 2012. DETH P. SUN BOAT PRINT Archival Ultrachrome print on Bradford Rag paper. DETH P. SUN TERRARIUM TOTE BAG Deth P. Sun’s cat character sleeping in a terrarium. TOKIDOKI KAIJU PLUSH Kaiju isn’t just vinyl figures, it can be a plush! TOKIDOKI PHONZIES PHONE CHARM Fits in your headphone jack and just looks cute. FACIAL RECOGNITION APRIL 6 – APRIL 24, 2013 OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 6:30-10PM Three Person Group Exhibition featuring James Kochalka, Matt Furie and Mark Todd James Kochalka is a comic book artist, musician, and more hailing from Burlington, Vermont. His well known works include a new animated cartoon called Superfuckers. Matt Furie is well known for his illustrative character works, at times featuring super heroes and villains in a world that’s all his own. Mark Todd is an illustrator and instructor at Art Center College of Design. His works are often amalgamations of layers that often comprise his own takes on classic comics covers. All three artists are involved in some type of published work, some of which will be available at Giant Robot. MORE INFO | FACEBOOK EVENT

GR2: SEASONAL CHANGES RECEPTION By GIANT ROBOT NEWS A very special thank you to those that attended last weekend’s opening reception! See the art here. >> 2015 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025 2062 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025

Watercolors is a difficult medium and Gosha Levochkin is able to manipulate it into an interesting narrative. This will be a larger offering of Levochkin’s works at GR2.

Thrash Lab X Giant Robot Profile #2 Luke Chueh

Luke Chueh is an LA hero. He made it work, his way. Pay attention to Luke Chueh.

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Tuesday, March 5th – Rob Sato

Tuesday, March 12th – Luke Chueh

Tuesday March 26th – Sean Chao

Tuesday, April 2nd – Edwin Ushiro

Tuesday, April 9th – David Horvath

Tuesday, April 16th – Shizu Saldamando

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Rob Sato, friend of Giant Robot and a great artist, specializes in watercolors and makes a great subject for a video.

Luke Rook at Giant Robot Store

and they’re up! (Giantrobotstore – Luke Rook)

Ai Weiwei Never Sorry to be on Independent Lens today. Watch it! (PBS.org – Never Sorry) Also here’s an interview with director Alison Klayman from August 2012. (giantrobot.com – Alison Klayman)

Pieces from the exhibition. The Otanoshimi bags have been selling. Fun work.

giant robot time: 2.22.13 | artwork by: jeremiah ketner  

LUKE ROOK IS GRODY TO THE MAX FEB 23 – MAR 13, 2013 OPENING RECEPTION: SAT, FEB 23, 6:30-10PM Luke Rook is a toy maker who moved to Japan to pursue his dreams of being part of the toy world. He researched and soon hit the ground running. He soon gained international recognition for his Grody Shogun figures as well as his unrelenting approach to toy making. There’s none other like him. His humbleness in his work is almost unique and his creativity and ability to think of how toys can be created and put together are that of a fine artist. He won’t hesitate to use parts and pieces that are normally discarded to use. He’ll blend parts of one figure and put them on another to create an entirely different object. We’re proud to bring his works to you in a gallery setting. MORE INFO | FACEBOOK EVENT P+G DESIGN POCHI HELLO KITTY POUCH p+g Design teams up with Hello Kitty to release these silicone coin pouches. SPRINKLE CAT GRASS | CATNIP Grown your own Cat Grass and Catnip with these seeds. TERRARIUM BOTTLE MOSS Bamboo “chopstick” tool + base ribbon band for base and directions. GARDEN-IN-A-BAG THANK YOU | HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kit includes plastic lined kraft-paper bag, soil, and seeds.

SEAN CHAO NEW PRINTS Close-ups of his sculptures are captured in photos. UGLYDOLL CUDDLY UGLYS Uglys make your favorite Uglydoll characters even more hugable! SCRATCH BOX VOICE BOX SOUND EFFECTS: BODILY FUNCTIONS SOUND EFFECTS: FART FANFARE LA ZINE FEST PHOTOS By GIANT ROBOT NEWS Pics by Dean Gojobori. >> 2015 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025 2062 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025

Luke Rook is Grody to the Max

Feb 23 – Mar 13th, 2013

Luke Rook is a toy maker who moved to Japan to pursue his dreams of being part of the toy world. He researched and soon hit the ground running. He soon gained international recognition for his Grody Shogun figures as well as his unrelenting approach to toy making. There’s none other like him. His humbleness in his work is almost unique and his creativity and ability to think of how toys can be created and put together are that of a fine artist. He won’t hesitate to use parts and pieces that are normally discarded to use. He’ll blend parts of one figure and put them on another to create an entirely different object.

We’re proud to bring his works to you in a gallery setting.

For any other information on or about Luke Rook or anything else contact Eric Nakamura at Giant Robot.

Luke Rook is Grody to the Max

Feb 23 – Mar 13, 2013

Opening Reception:
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013
6:30 – 10:00 PM
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90025
http://gr2.net/

eric (at) giantrobot.com
310 445.9276

From left to right: JANM: Supernatural Tim Watters, Edwin Ushiro, Greg Kimura, and Audrey Kawasaki

Great exhibition.

I don’t know why, but I like videos that don’t fill the entire frame.

These aren’t all of the pieces, fyi! Below is Jen Tong.

Photographs by Oscar Rios