Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
This came in the mail. Amazing work. The print above has a bunch of colors, it’s designed with a lot of care, has that indie comic book, and a silkscreen style that feels like the Ft Thunder Paper Rad style. I’m not sure if it’s all by a collective or not, but I do know the efforts of many are in the publications below. Critical Citadel is in a larger edition, it’s nicely produced, and the cover text is a fun illusion that reminds me of something John Pham would do. Panayiotis and Ray. This is by Panayiotis Terzis & Raymond Sohn. It’s in edition of 100 and it’s silkscreen printed in tons of colors, it’s also black and white. This might be one of the nicer pieces to come through.
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Daily Bruin on the Subverses talk that's happening tonite. The flyer for the event is down a couple of posts. The article that came out today, gives an overview of the event. I didn't know who Daniel Lee is, and, I guess I know just a little bit now. The talk will feature us panelists, and someone will probably moderate us a bunch of questions. It's actually a long list that I'm going to refuse to...
Daily Bruin on the Subverses talk that’s happening tonite. The flyer for the event is down a couple of posts. The article that came out today, gives an overview of the event. I didn’t know who Daniel Lee is, and, I guess I know just a little bit now. The talk will feature us panelists, and someone will probably moderate us a bunch of questions. It’s actually a long list that I’m going to refuse to read ahead of time. That usually blows it, and will turn it into a study fest. I’d rather go in raw, and that usually is more inspiring than researching someone else’s work. Either way you slice it, a talk is a talk. Will it break down the barriers of pop culture understanding? No. Will it explain everything you need to know? I doubt it. These talks aren’t going to change the world, but it might open up a few tired eyes, and might turn someone on to a new things or two, and that’s more than what some classes will do at UCLA. Read the Daily Bruin. The good usually gets evened out by the bad. While one person is doing well in the world, another is taking a shit. In this case, we got two articles in a day. One good, that’s the one above, and the bad, which is below. Read the hate and lack of knowledge by this human butt plug. Just the headline tells you where he’s at. GR’s a mag for 14 years, we have other locations in SF and LA, we’re a retail store, we helped pioneer the gallery in smaller shop concept, which spread like wild fire. We presented the Giant Robot Biennale at the Japanese American National Museum attracting 20,000 folks in 2 months. We helped launch many artist’s careers who are now showing in some of Chelsea’s galleries, and beyond. He can say what he wants about the space and the clientele, but it’s wrong when he messes with folks who have done so much for art like Jordin Isip and Melinda Beck. They (and the others) do not fit this type of quote: “At the Giant Robot gallery there were crude drawings with lazy and forgettable paintings. I guess one could describe it as snarky wholesomeness. To be fair, this was a group show and some of the stuff was well done—in the “arts and crafts” sense—but everything exuded this trait and there was very little in the way of a genuine artistic aesthetic.” Our art might be 1/10 the price of the sometimes overpriced Chelsea gallery art. And to call our audience hipsters? Then what’s the Lower Eastside? We’re celebrating the sketchbook generation. The bedroom drawers. The art is a secret just starting to get out. And this teabaguette blames for faux bohemia? We don’t bust out the bubbly and serve cheese, we do the Red Vines and Goldfish and serve soda. It’s free, and you don’t have to dress up, be rich,...
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Junkyard Sam comments on my blog once in a while, and today a package came in the mail that caught my eye. It could have been a special book, toy, cigars, money, or a stink bomb. It's so simple to have a box made of wood. Is this handmade? It's a nice package for sure, and things like this come in once in a while. First, here's Junkyard Sam's site. Here's what's in it.
A nice note for sure, and...
Junkyard Sam comments on my blog once in a while, and today a package came in the mail that caught my eye. It could have been a special book, toy, cigars, money, or a stink bomb. It’s so simple to have a box made of wood. Is this handmade? It’s a nice package for sure, and things like this come in once in a while. First, here’s Junkyard Sam’s site. Here’s what’s in it. A nice note for sure, and nice stationery, but then on the right, is that a CD of music? It’s personalized with the GR robot silhouette that I designed and it even says Giant Robot, and it has my name on the bottom. Rad. It’s not a CD of music, it’s tin can with a window or art. It’s like a mini book type of thing, greatly made with a lot of care. Something like what Mark Ryden did once upon a time with a collection of prints in a tin. Check out the art? This work is awesome. It’s like fantasy and the highly illustrative work tells a story. So I went to check out his site and saw this post. He had a GR day. He randomly met Deth P. Sun and Marci Washington at Macy’s, two great artists who are a nice couple, then he went to GRSF where he met me. Oh yeah! Now that I see what he looks like. I did meet him. But I swear he didn’t call himself Junkyard Sam. Like Jeana Sohn, Junkyard Sam got into art from Giant Robot. That’s cool and I hope we, or he, are inspiring for others.
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