GR2: Banana Flats - Ako Castuera - Closing Event

Join us at Giant Robot 2 for Banana Flats Closing Event

Sunday Sept 28th at Giant Robot 2 (GR2 Gallery) 4-6pm

2062 Sawtelle Blvd, LA, CA 90025

310.445.9276

Scheduled events: Pocket Lady, cash and carry pieces, perhaps some 2D art. We'll update the information as it becomes available. 

The exhibition press release:

There are no Bananas in Banana Flats. "Banana Flats" is an idea for a place where the mind is free.

It's a land of non- geographical dimensions, a twilight zone of creative energy where nature and imagination come into synthesis.  It is an environment capable of supporting an abundance of life, impossible for us to witness from Earth except through a portal of artistic expression.  Fragile but tenacious, the inhabitants of Banana Flats live all around us, in a state of lively suspension until they are channelled by a sympathetic human who will provide them with a body.  

The exhibition "Banana Flats" is the first recorded gathering of these bodies, brought into our dimension by the sculptural exertions of artist Ako Castuera. To the average eye, they will look like colorful anthropomorphic sculptures made from a range of clays from locally dug earth to the finest porcelain. Over a time of 9 months Ms. Castuera has provided ceramic bodies to scores of distinct entities from Banana Flats. 

On Earth, shadows are cast by objects. In Banana Flats it's the other way around. Our earth shadows project objects into an imaginary world. Our biggest shadows are cast by the abuse humans inflict on each other and on our planet. These shadows crush all kinds of life, making it seem like we are not connected, like we have broken apart and will never come together again. The clay forms from Banana Flats are opposite reactions to the big shadows of Earth. They are small, but in their humble way they have the potential to keep us connected to each other and our humanity.

For more information about Ako Castuera, GR2, or anything else: 

Eric Nakamura

Giant Robot Owner

eric@giantrobot.com

(310) 445 9276