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[nggallery id=80] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group Art Show Opening Louise Chen, Munkao, and Eric Nyquist July 10 – August 11, 2010 Reception: Saturday, July 10, 6:30 GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Giant Robot is proud to host Flirting with Disaster, a group art show featuring new work by Eric Nyquist, Louise Chen, and Munkao. Eric Nyquist is a Los Angeles-based artist who creates hyper detailed drawings of wildlife and industry. For the show, his work will be exploring cowboy culture–specifically rodeos. Celebrating the skills of cowboys and cowgirls, rodeos glorify the athleticism behind the cattle industry and have become synonymous with the American West. The pieces will contrast the ruggedness of rodeo events and characters with delicate framing and detail. He says, “It is a look at a culture that, for better or for worse, helped build America and is still trying to survive.” Louise Chen, who splits her time between Santa Cruz and Los Angeles, draws, paints, and reimagines society’s destructive and wasteful tendencies. In her newest work, oil spills, air pollution, and industrial byproducts ooze with “floral emanations” telling an ironic tale, pairing bright botanical themes with colorless and empty-but-uniquely-beautiful decay. The seemingly subsequent drawings of desolate, cratered landscapes offer a lonely view of the aftermath under large, sweeping night skies littered with stars and galaxies. Munkao is a Malaysian painter who depicts kaiju-inspired forms in destructive settings to address relationships, love, and sex. The tone of his work is almost always humorous but the solid craftsmanship belies serious skill, effort, and direction. Common themes in his upcoming work include space, science fiction, and taikonauts. The acrylic and ink on paper works will magnify his Chinese diaspora anxiety about China’s geopolitical relationship to sci-fi dimensions. 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, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent. The opening reception featuring Chen and Nyquist will begin at 6:30 on Saturday, July 10. For more information about the show, contact GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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I'm a big fan of Christopher Nolan's movies, and look forward to seeing Inception just like everyone else. The dream (de)constructing concept is a real trip and the contributors are amazing: Nolan rejoins longtime cinematography partner Wally Pfister, soundtrack guru Hans Zimmer enlists the guitars of Johnny Marr, and Marshall High School's own Lenny DeCaprio stars alongside the likes of Ellen Page, Michael Caine, and Ken Watanabe (below).
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Yes, that's the NBA's number 1 pick John Wall. I met him in his hotel lobby in Washington DC. Think he'll be a huge star? His skill set is supposedly off the charts. Either way, he's a $40 million dollar man. We'll see how humble he can stay and how rad he'll become. He's not a big guy compared to other pros, and I'm sure he'll get larger, etc. Maybe it's me that's too big, and I think I'm lighter than I've been in a while.
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The most boring time is between plane flights. The stop over. There's nothing to do, except you do become more observant. Is there something to steal, get free, eat on the cheap? A rad place to sit where others aren't looking over your shoulder? A spot by an outlet maybe? At Chicago's O'Hare I got to walk through the infamous Sky's The Limit piece by Michael Hayden. The music is by William Kraft. It's not the most original find, everyone has seen this, but at the right time when you're bored as hell. This is like an oasis. I actually like this, and it's a remnant from the 80s! The curvy lines and lighting holds up. The neon though kind of doesn't, but it's cool to ride an escalator under neon art. I think it's the only way I can really digest it.
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