Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Beautiful Losers the film is opening at the Nuart, just down the street from Giant Robot store. Director Aaron Rose is a pretty good guy. I hung out with him for nearly a week in Madrid, for another art exhibition and have run into him a few times locally in LA. We had some good conversations about Beautiful Losers and at the same time, I’d like to think I brought a different view point to what the film and movement might be. I thought it was a jumping off point, while many were pissed off about what the “movement” was all about. It excluded a ton of artists, who were probably worthy of being part of the “in” crowd. But what then it did was create a small fire under people’s asses to make their own movements and that might actually be the larger gift that came from the film. I remember in a press conference in Madrid, Aaron Rose mentioned that point about the film. Maybe it’s an easy out in times of tough questions, but it’s the truth. Beautiful Losers.CRIBS: Aaron Rose’s crib in the LA Times. We talked about the African masks once, well there they are.
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That's Susie Ghahremani, she goes back old school with Giant Robot. We've watched her in school, and she's now out of school and kicking ass. She's transforming the space unlike no other, except maybe Barry McGee did once upon a time. But this is a total different style and she's being much more meticulous. Every detail is all planned out. She's a hard worker and that's something to appreciate. As...
That’s Susie Ghahremani, she goes back old school with Giant Robot. We’ve watched her in school, and she’s now out of school and kicking ass. She’s transforming the space unlike no other, except maybe Barry McGee did once upon a time. But this is a total different style and she’s being much more meticulous. Every detail is all planned out. She’s a hard worker and that’s something to appreciate. As an owner and gallery guy, I do. That’s one of the birds that are hanging from the ceiling. There’s going to be a lot. She’s painting each bird and branch by hand. No two are the same, and each are balanced so there’s not too many flying and pointing one way. It’s a long wall, and she’s covering it in the most amazing way. The light blue is soothing like a nice sky. Really, it does. The shadows tell a story of it’s own. That’s her favorite piece. Wait until you see it’s face. It’s a sleeping bird that can fly. When Susie smiles it’s golden.
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The planets aligned once again. What does the title mean? You figure it out. It became a topic of conversation. Are you inside, outside, or are you in the middle? Does being inside mean you paint inside, or does it mean you are an insider in the art scene? Either way, everyone got together for a great opening. Each artist had a name tag if they wanted, and each ended up talking to numerous art...
The planets aligned once again. What does the title mean? You figure it out. It became a topic of conversation. Are you inside, outside, or are you in the middle? Does being inside mean you paint inside, or does it mean you are an insider in the art scene? Either way, everyone got together for a great opening. Each artist had a name tag if they wanted, and each ended up talking to numerous art fans who showed up in decent numbers. We did group photos which got nutty. You can see more photos at my flickr. Does anyone have problems with the organizer on Flickr?That’s me skating around the show and shooting some video. That’s Sakamoto. He’s a little quirky, doesn’t speak much English, but in the middle of the show, he got super emo, wanted to cry – he was having such a good time. He saw me, and said a few words in English, then rattled off some words in Japanese, and said, “SO HAPPY”… The QR code works. In art, that’s digital, it’s amazing how things can link up. For Invader, this is a hot move. That’s Kami painting and having a good time. He even painted with some kids. It’s cool when artists get involved with whatever’s going on. Rolling with the flow. Ed Trask made a paint by numbers box. People loved it and got into it. The bunker. 6th and Berendo. What’s this place really called? Shinya with the cap, showed the ladies at the table, how to open the bottle with chopsticks. Way back in issue 7 or so, we had a little something on the beer bottle opening champ of Japan. Shinya was his understudy, and knows every trick. It was a scurry, since we were so hungry. The food was great, the place is nuts. It’s our second time there with a group from Scion. Cheers and bombs away. The night went on for a while, and the enigmatic Space Invader, where did he go? Did he Invade? He slipped away into the night.
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