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They might spell their name lowercase, but their works always speak bright. The detail is mesmerizing and the subject matter is always creative, interesting and filling the hole in your own imagination. If you thought, “it would be neat if _____________ were doing ______________ at _______________. That’s sort of what they do in their drawings. We have an array of their products including their newer posters. Amsterdam (detail at below right) and Best Sushi in Town. Their infamous Uprisings print (below left) was created for the cover of Giant Robot 28
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The Minneapolis Institute of the Arts is featuring a show called Edo Pop “Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints” which begins tomorrow, the 30th and continues through January 8th, 2012. The show features 160 images from the masters including some remixes including Yoshitomo Nara’s piece above. The collection is from donors and is part of a 3000 print collection. It sounds like a lot, but other museums have tens of thousands. The curator, Matthew Welch dropped some words for (salon.com – Edopop) He explains Ukiyo-e, which is what these prints are. “There was a novelist in Japan called Asai Ryoi, and he published a book in 1661 called the “Ukiyo monogatari,” or “Tales of the Floating World.” His use of “ukiyo” in the title was a wordplay.”
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Louise Chen and Squirrel Scouts at Artcycle last month Louise Chen spent months curating, “We Are All Animals”, featuring artist friends from the Bay Area and Los Angeles. This is the second group show that’s come out of it and the third one will be held in Los Angeles next year. Right now, the show lives in a gallery in Santa Cruz called Felix Kulpa Gallery and winds up on October 30th. Her piece for the Robots exhibition is a print called Gallant and is available here. Chen is also a bicycle enthusiast and can be seen riding a self made tall bike. “My girl bike gang is called Squirrel Scouts and our main goal as a collective is to educate ourselves and others on how to do anything or make anything. A lot of us have a background in art or fabrication, so we have a lot of skill sets to share. We also make merit badges to put on our vests for when we learn different skills from each other, some of which are: welding, screen printing, gardening, dress-making, etc. We sometimes have pop-up shops at festivals where we sell our goodies and bring sewing machines to make things on-site!” A view of the gallery in Santa Cruz with the We Are All Animals show set up. Here is the Squirrel Scouts etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/squirrelscouts Here is my etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/flavorful= My website: www.LouiseChen.com and my blog: theautumnsweater.blogspot.com
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Rob Sato is originally from Sacramento but now calls Echo Park is home. He showed at the Giant Robot Biennale 2 in 2009 and will show again in the Biennale part 3 in 2012. A long time supporter of Giant Robot, the fast witted Sato has an interesting sense of humor and a distinctive laugh. His art speaks of his hard work and attention to detail. You can see his work on the cover of Giant Robot 62, and we do carry some of his other handiworks at Giant Robot. But there’s more. Sato isn’t a great self promoter, but he does stock a number of his prints which are available at his site. There are also further selections at: “The Choice Cut Cult”, the occult sushi menu print for sale at NUCLEUS GALLERY “Land Admiral Lefebvre’s Fleet…” (below) print from TRAPEZE EDITIONS
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Giant Robot Time 10.28.11 Undercurrents Martin Hsu – Lawrence Yang, Bicycle Riding Discount, Now hiring at Giant Robot and GR2 and more.
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