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[nggallery id=51] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art Show Opening Jon Burgerman August 15 – September 16, 2009 Reception: Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village New York, New York 10009 (212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net Giant Robot is proud to host My American Summer, an art show featuring new work by Jon Burgerman. Working across a variety of media that includes drawing, painting, print, animation, large-scale murals, and toy design, the U.K. artist has built a strong reputation through his unique and colorful artworks of swooping, intertwining lines, and hyper-emotional characters. A sense of British self-deprecation, dry humor, and modern-day anxiety imbues his work, which retains a hand-made, hand-drawn quality. In 2008 his art was showcased in Pens Are My Friends, a 300-page monograph published by IdN. My American Summer will feature works that have been made during Burgerman’s nearly three-month visit to America (in Los Angeles and, mainly, New York City). Most are drawings on paper, while others are unique, three-dimensional versions of his observations on his Brooklyn Hipsters, hand-made by plush expert, The Felt Mistress. The work plays with notions of being a tourist, cliched outsider observations, and how some cultural differences are now homogenized in most major cities. A reception for the artist will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, August 15. For more information about Burgerman, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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[nggallery id=68] Dime Bag 3 July 18 – August 12, 2009 Reception: Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village New York, New York 10009 (212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net Giant Robot is proud to host a tiny exhibition of colossal proportions curated by artists Jordin Isip and Rodger Stevens. Dime Bag 3 is the ninth in an ongoing series of events by Isip and Stevens, bringing together over 200 artists from New York City and beyond representing an extraordinary variety of disciplines. Painters, illustrators, graphic designers, filmmakers, photographers, product designers, and others have been invited to create artworks specifically designed to be exhibited in 3-inch plastic bags: dime bags. Each artist was sent one of the symbolic baggies and asked to fill it in any way they wished. Artists participating in Dime Bag 3 are: Ian Adelman Lindsey Adelman Keira Alexandra Selina Alko Jashar Awan Jordan Awan Dan Aycock Scott Bakal Lindsey Balbierz Karen Barbour Michael Bartalos George Bates Melinda Beck Charlie Becker Polly Becker Mike Bellamy Laura Bellmont Gregory Benton Jud Bergeron Hanne Berkaak Annette Berry Angela Boatwright Max Bode Kelsey Bohlinger Juliette Borda Kim Bost Kelie Bowman Claudia Brandenburg Amanda Brown Calef Brown Chris Buzelli SooJin Buzelli Joseph Buzzell William Buzzell Noel Chanyungco Mariano Ching Yong Choe Beryl Chung Benjamin Clarke Noel Claro Dana Collins Cynthia Connolly Alika Cooper Louie Cordero Michael Coughlan Brian Cronin Tara Cullen Daniel Davidson Georganne Deen Andrew Degraff Edward del Rosario Dave Delaney Rachel Domm Paul Donald Dora Drimalas Dima Drjuchin Joel Dugan Chris Duncan Carl Dunn Chad Dziewior Charles Eckert Emily Eibel Morgan Elliot Steve Ellis Kiersten Essenpreis Evah Fan Ingo Fast Ray Fenwick Cat Ferraz Brian Flynn Patrick JB Flynn Gary Fogelson Bella Foster James Benjamin Franklin John Freeborn David Fremont Shannon Freshwater Sam Friedman Martina Fugazzotto James Gallagher Ryan Gallagher Susie Ghahremani Florence Gidez Jason Glasser Leah Goldensohn Johanna Goodman Keith Greiman Matt Haber Marcellus Hall George Harbeson Joseph Hart Maya Hayuk Matt Hollister Charles Immer Jordin Isip Mara Isip Minako Iwamura Rich Jacobs Oliver Jeffers Frances Jetter Chesiel John Matt Johnson Aya Kakeda Leah Kalotay Christina Kampson Nina Katan Amy S. Kauffman Misaki Kawai Caitlin Keegan Patrick Keesey Andy Kehoe Tricia Keightley Tim Kerr Hiroshi Kimura James Kirkpatrick Viktor Koen Hiro Kurata Craig LaRotonda Cat Lauigan Hannah K. Lee Liz Lee Sae-am Lee Rob Leecock Matt Leines Jodi Levine Laura Levine Phil Lubliner Alex Lukas Anthony Macbain Ashley Macomber Julie Manso Sara Antoinette Martin Eddie Martinez Sophie Mathoulin Margaret McCartney Adam McCauley Melissa McGill Ted McGrath Richard McGuire Taylor McKimens Elizabeth Meluch Jeffrey Ashe Meyer David Miller Bronwyn Minton Tezh Modarressi Nicole Momaney Brendan Monroe Lilah Montgomery James Moore Pam Morris Brad Mossman Ana Mouyis Ilse Murdock James Austin Murray Gregory Nemec Ron Nemec Phillip Fivel Nessen Laura Normandin Kate O’Connor Shu Okada Frank Olinsky Soner Ön Alex Ostroy Jake Panian Chang Park Leif Parsons Jason Polan Jason Porter Giselle Potter...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art Show Opening Jack Long June 27 – July 15, 2009 Reception: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village New York, New York 10009 (212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net Giant Robot is proud to host Singing Her To Sleep, an art show featuring the work of Jack Long. Jack Long grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania, received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2002, and currently resides in Los Angeles. Painting in oils on wood, his work explores human relationships in a narrative setting and draws heavily upon the tradition of storytelling, often utilizing motifs and imagery found in mythology and fairytales. For the show, Long is preparing a collection of paintings celebrating everyday life, love, and nature. The images elevate the ordinary into mythical events and scenarios, filling them with a sense of grandeur and mystery. A reception for the artist will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, June 27. For more information about the show, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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[nggallery id=67] Group Art Show Opening Devil’s in the Details April 11 – May 6, 2009 Reception: Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village New York, New York 10009 (212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net G Giant Robot is proud to present Devil’s in the Details, a 10-person group art show. Contributors range in artistic styles and backgrounds, from illustration and graphic design, to graffiti and fine art. Representing some of the most prolific and engaging voices in the art world today, each artist has created new original works for this show. Participants include: Sean Boyles – Applying his loose, yet honed style to drawings, paintings, printmaking, and even photos and videos, Boyles has the uncanny ability to make carefully composed depictions of the street appear effortless. Ako Castuera – Castuera depicts a hyper-colored, gravity-defying world that is somewhat terrifying but also super fun. When she is not making her own art, she is a character artist for the Metacopalypse animated TV series. French – Utilizing a distinct, finely detailed method to his drawings, French’s subjects include the morbid, the classic, the contemporary, and the strange, all executed with care and precision. Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch – One of the hardest working artists in the art scene today, Holyoke-Hirsch has maintained his artistic vision and expanded on his style while showing in galleries around the world. Andrew Holder – The patterns and shapes of Holder’s art are as distinct as the compositions he creates with both. Continually making work that exemplifies the direction of modern art, Holder most recently graced the cover of Arkitip. Jordin Isip – Isip’s mixed media work combines the look of raw sculpture with simple, modernist design, and graces book covers, album covers, and magazine articles. Yellena James – In her artwork, James combines complex abstract forms to form larger images that take on lives of their own. Her colorful arrangements of organic shapes and tangled lines are at once floral and alien, organic and sci-fi, crafty and fantastic. Jeremyville – Art, product design, animation–Jeremyville seems to do it all, and always with his trademark, innovative style and sophisticated presentation. His work has been shown around the world, and he continues to fill galleries with art that defies definition. David Jien – Still developing as an art student, Jien’s pencil drawings incorporate a dream like world that embraces such elements as graffiti, aliens, and the people around him. Matt Lock – At once, Lock’s colorful, heavy metal-inspired paintings recall the crudest of notebook doodles with the most epic sci-fi landscapes. They are simple, stunning, and thought provoking. The opening reception featuring many of the artists will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 11. For more information about the artists, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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[nggallery id=62] Deharavath 2 February 7 through March 4, 2009 Reception: Saturday, February 7, 6:30 Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village New York, New York 10009 (212) 674-GRNY (4769) Giant Robot is proud to host Deharavath 2, a group art show featuring the work of Yukinori Dehara, David Horvath, and Sun-Min Kim. Dehara’s hand-painted clay depictions of debauched salarymen, brutalized gangsters, happy monsters, and other unique figures stand about 5-inches tall. Although the pieces are detailed and glossy, the subtle and intentional flaws of the Japanese artist’s self-described “crummy” style project more humanity than horror, and are oddly sympathetic. His work has garnered a cult of collectors around the world, and is celebrated in books, stickers, and other merchandise. For this show, his subject will be “otaku.” David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim are best known for creating UglyDolls, the indie plush dolls that have gained a rabid worldwide following and sparked a movement of cool handmade toys. For this show, Sun-Min is preparing otaku-themed paintings and David is drawing a one-of-a-kind storybook–each page sold separately! (Parents and guardians should note that this is not an UglyDolls event, and will contain works intended for a somewhat more mature audience.)
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