Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

Dehara and Yoko at Giant Robot NY. I liked her hat. Dehara was last in New York over four years ago, and it's great that he's back bringing a modernized pop culture to the town in the name of Tokyo otaku. 30 handmade figures are on the wall. The show begins tomorrow at GRNY. 437 e. 9th street. But Dehara is also at Comiccon signing at our booth at 3pm.

The underrated items are the poster prints. In...
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Dehara and Yoko at Giant Robot NY. I liked her hat. Dehara was last in New York over four years ago, and it’s great that he’s back bringing a modernized pop culture to the town in the name of Tokyo otaku. 30 handmade figures are on the wall. The show begins tomorrow at GRNY. 437 e. 9th street. But Dehara is also at Comiccon signing at our booth at 3pm. The underrated items are the poster prints. In an edition of 10. Menta Ice-Bat – these are amazing and won’t last long. Here’s some figures. These are great, then you read the little description and they’re even better.
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This is the greatest painting. I think James nailed it on this one. The colors, the imagery and style is tight (and tight meaning skillfully executed - not "tiiiiight"). If I could get any art piece, it might be this one. Too bad it's gone, hopefully to someone with a great spot for it. The cool thing is, James is young, there's plenty more. The show at Jonathan Levine Gallery was quite cool.




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This is the greatest painting. I think James nailed it on this one. The colors, the imagery and style is tight (and tight meaning skillfully executed – not “tiiiiight”). If I could get any art piece, it might be this one. Too bad it’s gone, hopefully to someone with a great spot for it. The cool thing is, James is young, there’s plenty more. The show at Jonathan Levine Gallery was quite cool.
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Nick Cave in NYC. Yeah it's not the musician, but it's the artist, and his art is amazing. These costumes are his soundsuits! I want one of these. Check out the details, and the sheer craziness of it all. It looks like something Lightning Bolt would do, but generations past it. Check out a few photos of the installation at the Jack Shainman gallery site.

These were the fuzzy furry ones.






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