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Art · Art Gallery · GR2 · Jan 15, 2011

GRSF Forget Me Not – Sean Chao and Ming Ong 1/15/11 – 2/2/11

[nggallery id=28] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group Art Show Opening Sean Chao and Ming Ong January 15 – February 2, 2011 Reception: Saturday, January 15, 6:30 – 10:00 p.m. GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Giant Robot is proud to host Forget Me Not, a group art show featuring new works by Los Angeles artists Sean Chao and Ming Ong. Sean Chao sculpts, paints, and delicately constructs a world filled with curiosity and amusement, creatures and animals. The mixed-media pieces capture odd moments frozen in time that hint at narrative and create an imaginary history in which beings of all kinds explore the wonders of their environment together. Ming Ong is an artist and graphic designer whose artwork reflects her international upbringing and inclusive worldview. Her paintings often depict children and animals in disquieting situations, juxtaposing bright colors and nostalgic children’s book illustration with dark subject matter and serious themes. Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as an online equivalent. An opening reception will take place on 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, January 15. For more information about the artists, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311 ###

EN · Jan 15, 2011

Ulises Farinas install at Giant Robot 2

Ulises Farinas art on the wall at Giant Robot 2. Tight drawings is the best way to describe it all. Come and say hi the Ulises and don't forget about the Castleforte Papertoy Monsters tomorrow. We joked a lot of Juggalos, the Insane Clown Posse fan club. I guess he grew up with a bunch. Sort of odd but funny too.

Art · Art Gallery · GR2 · Jan 15, 2011

GR2 Other Places – Ulises Alfonso Farinas 1/15/11 – 2/3/11

[nggallery id=22] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art show opening Ulises Alfonso Farinas at GR2 January 15 – February 3, 2011 Reception: Saturday, January 15, 6:30 – 10:00 p.m. GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 445-9276 Giant Robot is proud to present Other Places, an art show featuring new works by Ulises Alfonso Farinas. Farinas is Brooklyn-based illustrator and cartoonist who meticulously blends genres, styles, and universes. Breaking down the walls between imagination and reality, he depicts a super-saturated, hyper-detailed world where heroes and monsters are as real as cars and skyscrapers, and peace is not an option. He is currently drawing Transformers: Heart of Darkness for IDW and continues to write and illustrate the online snow fantasy epic, MOTRO. For Other Places, Farinas is preparing 40 pen-and-ink pieces, mostly medium sized with one or two larger works. This will be his West Coast debut. Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as an online equivalent. An opening reception for Farinas will take place from 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, January 15. For more information about the artist, GR2, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311 ###

Magazine · Jan 15, 2011