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It’s been fun, and this is tonite. It’s not over yet. The final weekend is actually upon us. It will be fun to see the artists in this setting one more time, LA’s finest, The Binges are going to play at 7:30. DJ Puffs will be spinning records before and maybe some after. The Biennale show has been a great experience the second time around. I worked with new artists, learned new things, figured out how museums can work, and maybe some of the opposite. Yet the coolest aspect of a show like this is the human aspect. The folks who helped, the artists who were into it, and the people who came to see it and who enjoyed it. It’s a rare chance to work with a fun staff and a really nice venue to make a project like this work.
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So it started raining a little here in Southern California, and it got a little bit colder. This is nabe (Na - be) weather. I got the little table top stove. You start off with water, but you throw in a big piece of seaweed, which seasons the water. I bought crappy parts of fish (see the bones?), Asian cabbage, mushrooms (different kinds are always nice), shungiku (it's like a green weed), and...
So it started raining a little here in Southern California, and it got a little bit colder. This is nabe (Na – be) weather. I got the little table top stove. You start off with water, but you throw in a big piece of seaweed, which seasons the water. I bought crappy parts of fish (see the bones?), Asian cabbage, mushrooms (different kinds are always nice), shungiku (it’s like a green weed), and chicken meatballs. I’m new to this when I’m in charge running the stove, but I have no idea what I’m doing. After everything’s cooked, you dip it into a bowl of ponzu. Simple as that. $10 worth of groceries can feed a lot. Then imagine with the leftover soup, you throw either rice or udon into it and you have yet another meal. The best part of the meal is that you eat at your own pace, and a meal can comfortably last for an hour or even two if you’re hanging out.
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So it started raining a little here in Southern California, and it got a little bit colder. This is nabe (Na – be) weather. I got the little table top stove. You start off with water, but you throw in a big piece of seaweed, which seasons the water. I bought crappy parts of fish (see the bones?), Asian cabbage, mushrooms (different kinds are always nice), shungiku (it’s like a green weed), and chicken meatballs. I’m new to this when I’m in charge running the stove, but I have no idea what I’m doing. After everything’s cooked, you dip it into a bowl of ponzu. Simple as that. $10 worth of groceries can feed a lot. Then imagine with the leftover soup, you throw either rice or udon into it and you have yet another meal. The best part of the meal is that you eat at your own pace, and a meal can comfortably last for an hour or even two if you’re hanging out.
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[nggallery id=70] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Art show opening Eleanor Davis and Katherine Guillen at GR2 January 16. 2010 – February 10, 2010 Reception: Saturday, January 16, 6:30 -10:00 GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 445-9276 Giant Robot is proud to present Diplopia, a joint art show featuring Eleanor Davis and Katherine Guillen. Eleanor Davis is a cartoonist who makes work for both adults and children. The award-winning Atlanta, GA-based artist grew up on children’s comics, entered the Sequential Arts program at the Savannah College of Art and Design, and makes painstakingly crafted, whimsical, and non-condescending comics for young readers. Her most recent studio artwork involves pen and ink with watercolor with some gouache. Like the panels of her stories, it is bold yet full of mystery, with recurring themes that include “humanity in the face of destruction, people laughing and crying, etc.” Los Angeles-based artist Katherine Guillen creates paintings and prints that explore the tenuous connections between the urban and natural environments. Her most recent work–which resembles landscapes but is more symbolic than picturesque–investigates the way structures work as language on the landscape and how we use architecture to order nature and defy mortality. She says, “I am fascinated by the human desire to create, build, and idealize, which is both our redemption and our failing.” In addition to making gouache and mixed media paintings on paper, she will be showing some papier-mâché pieces. For this show, the longtime friends are also creating a number of large collaborative panels. 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. A reception for the Davis and Guillen will take place from 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, January 16.
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