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GR2 – Hello Spring – Pamela Henderson

Pamela Henderson Pamela Henderson is an Art Center graduate who now calls Austin, Texas home. Her works have grown and this exhibition features a different look and feel. Henderson explains, “The overall theme of this group of images deals with putting all your eggs in one basket so to speak, and the risks inherent. Interpersonal relationships, gorging, camouflage, thwarted plans, and human tendency toward self destruction…” For this exhibition a few of Henderson’s larger paintings incorporate collage, which is a new endeavor. The “The Flower Eater” contains collaged pieces of popular Audobon florals amongst the other painted flowers and elements that the creature is ingesting. (An idea inspired by bathroom graffiti where years of remnants of promotional stickers exist among layers of handwritten sentiments).  
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GR2 – Hello Spring – Erika Yamashiro

Erika Yamashiro For this exhibition, Tokyoite Erika Yamashiro continues her exploration of “feminine”. A stalwart of Takashi Murakami’s Geisai art fairs, Yamashiro is working on paper drawings which are apart from her paintings. She explains, “I feel cold from the special paper, like a mirror or a water surface.” When she draws she feels the sliding of her pencil on this special paper and the world behind the surfaces are what she tries to capture.
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Nintendo Rhythm Heaven Fever Event Photos

GR’s co-presented Rhythm Heaven Fever event took place last night.

Play the game, experience the fever and enjoy. It’s simple to have a video game, but it’s hard to create a movement around it. Rhythm Heaven Fever is one of those games that can grow a cult ala Katamari and Parappa. It’s a cute game, rhythmic, and released originally in Japan and the hardcore fans came out to iam8bit space in Echo Park to play. We saw quite a few GR “Game Night” faces including the first few in line. Here’s a set of photos from the evening. Free T shirts, photo booths, Portos food, drinks, live painting by Yoskay Yamamoto and Mari Inukai and more. Visits by artists throughout the night included Kent Williams, Audrey Kawasaki, Luke Chueh, Carlos Ramos, Korin Faught and even more. Yes, it was a cross over type of night – which usually are the best.

 

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