Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

This is the greatest painting. I think James nailed it on this one. The colors, the imagery and style is tight (and tight meaning skillfully executed – not “tiiiiight”). If I could get any art piece, it might be this one. Too bad it’s gone, hopefully to someone with a great spot for it. The cool thing is, James is young, there’s plenty more. The show at Jonathan Levine Gallery was quite cool.
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Nick Cave in NYC. Yeah it's not the musician, but it's the artist, and his art is amazing. These costumes are his soundsuits! I want one of these. Check out the details, and the sheer craziness of it all. It looks like something Lightning Bolt would do, but generations past it. Check out a few photos of the installation at the Jack Shainman gallery site.

These were the fuzzy furry ones.






I can't say...
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Nick Cave in NYC. Yeah it’s not the musician, but it’s the artist, and his art is amazing. These costumes are his soundsuits! I want one of these. Check out the details, and the sheer craziness of it all. It looks like something Lightning Bolt would do, but generations past it. Check out a few photos of the installation at the Jack Shainman gallery site. These were the fuzzy furry ones. I can’t say this is something I’d ever conceive of doing or wearing, but I thought this works was amazing. Would I want this is my living room?
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Today, I get to the store, but I pop into Upper Playground. They did a great job at with the space. I thought there was a lot more done, but in the end, they kept it simple and left a lot of things we built in there. What gives with the Choe art on the walls? In two spots, really nice, and attractive. Uh, bro? Where's ours?

This is a close up of the previous.


Dan-Ah Kim at GR. You should see her...
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Today, I get to the store, but I pop into Upper Playground. They did a great job at with the space. I thought there was a lot more done, but in the end, they kept it simple and left a lot of things we built in there. What gives with the Choe art on the walls? In two spots, really nice, and attractive. Uh, bro? Where’s ours? This is a close up of the previous. Dan-Ah Kim at GR. You should see her show. Great job, I especially liked the window. Jordin Isip on the streets. Pretty cool. ok what is it? A beer bong?
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