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[nggallery id=64] Deth P. Sun at GRSF, April 29 – May 24 Reception: Saturday, April 29, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm GRSF 622 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-976-4773 Giant Robot is proud to present the art of Deth P. Sun at GRSF. Upon graduating from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 2003, Deth P. Sun grasped the indie art world by the eyeballs with his paintings of mysterious catlike people, cloaked children, and floating animals. Standing on barren landscapes, suspended in water, and surrounded by clouds, Sun’s humble yet heroic characters instill the purity of a Precious Moments ceramic with the dark whimsy of a Maurice Sendak’s children’s book and epic proportions of a Brothers Hildebrandt airbrush mural. Since his first solo show at GR2 in the summer of 2003, the Oakland-based artist has taken part in no less than 60 group and solo shows, including two excursions to the U.K. Stylistically, Deth has been sticking with his popular chunky creatures, somber pallet, and dreamy backgrounds, but he recently been incorporating geometric shapes with brighter colors. Are these merely aberrations or a new direction? With 50 new pieces in the works, Sea Ghost will be a good indicator. Giant Robot is a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian and Asian-American pop culture that will soon celebrate its twelfth anniversary. In addition to running the GRSF art gallery and boutique, Giant Robot also operates locations in New York and Los Angeles, and publishes art books. Deth P. Sun’s art show opening will take place from 6:30 to10:00 on Saturday, April 29. GRSF is located at 622 Shrader Street in the Upper Haight. 415-976-4773. http://www.gr-sf.com/giantrobotflyer3.jpg
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Ray Fongs got pulled! I’m sure a bunch of Asian groups will be happy. The only thing that could have helped is if we got to release the shoe. Oh well. Sayonara to the Fongs. Adidas pulls back sneaker with caricatureControversy – The company reconsiders and stops sales of the shoe Asian American groups found offensiveFriday, April 28, 2006HELEN JUNG Adidas Group has reversed itself and agreed to immediately halt sales of a limited-edition sneaker that features a caricature some Asian American groups found offensive. The Y1-Huf sneaker, designed by Barry McGee, a San Francisco graffiti artist, featured an Asian face with slanted eyes, buck teeth and a bowl haircut. The caricature is a design that McGee, who is half Asian, has used before and was meant as a representation of himself, he said in a statement released by Adidas. The stereotypical image angered some who saw its use, divorced from the artist’s context, as offensive. Adidas initially refused to stop sales of the $250 sneaker, defending the artist’s work. But after hearing complaints from several groups since the shoe went on sale April 1, the company changed its mind and said on Thursday that it will pull any remaining pairs, said Abby Guyer, a spokeswoman with Portland-based Adidas America, the North American headquarters for the German company. “We’re an inclusive brand and we felt like we needed to respond to that,” she said. “We continue to stand by Barry’s vision and by his creativity and by his partnership with Huf (a retailer) in San Francisco.” Most of the 1,000 sneakers that were for sale have probably been bought, she said. The company is assessing how many remain with the 12 retailers around the world selling the shoe. She said Adidas’ “apology is for the offense that was caused and for the unfortunate misinterpretation of our intentions but we can’t apologize for the artwork that was created by an artist.” Portland-area groups representing Korean Americans, Japanese Americans, and Chinese Americans were preparing to send a joint letter to complain about the sneaker. But the news that Adidas would no longer sell the shoe satisfied their concerns, said Stephen Ying, president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance in Portland. Angie Chuang of The Oregonian contributed to this report. Helen Jung: 503-294-7621; helenjung@news.oregonian.com; www.oregonlive.com/weblogs/playbooksandprofits
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Ray Fongs got pulled! I'm sure a bunch of Asian groups will be happy. The only thing that could have helped is if we got to release the shoe. Oh well. Sayonara to the Fongs.
Adidas pulls back sneaker with caricature
Controversy - The company reconsiders and stops sales of the shoe Asian American groups found offensive
Friday, April 28, 2006
HELEN JUNG
Adidas Group has reversed itself and agreed to...
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Adidas pulls back sneaker with caricature
Controversy - The company reconsiders and stops sales of the shoe Asian American groups found offensive
Friday, April 28, 2006
HELEN JUNG
Adidas Group has reversed itself and agreed to...
We launched the new front page last night. I original drew this on piece of paper while eating dinner in San Francisco. The food at Medicine Eat Station was something completely different, it was a vegan Japanese restaurant and they say it’s what monks at 500 years ago. I have a hard time believing that, but it sounds great. What did monks eat 500 years ago? I’m sure it was minimal everything, nothing tasted powerful, I’m sure the vegetables were plain and the sauces if any were simple. I remember eating the nigiri sushi place that was all raw vegetables and I thought it was either from a recipe by Middle Earth elves or from herbivore space aliens. The miso soup special was $6 and excellent. It was a tasty white miso and I think there was mochi in there. The almond milk drink was thick as white paint. That was a meal on it’s own, and I couldn’t finish it. The decor of the place was modern contemporary and huge. I won’t go on, since this was already a couple of months ago, but for some reason, sitting near a window overlooking Sutter street, I was insprired to start drawing our website. I took a photo of it, and emailed it to our webstore man, “Mike Mike.” Next thing you know, it was on it’s way. Was it the food? More than likely, it was because I was alone, it was late, and I had just attended a magazine conference which taught me very little, since all I did was sit there and think what we should be doing at GR, rather than listen to the panelists talk about magazine publishing 101. Back to the camera shy, “Mike Mike,” you won’t see a pic of him anytime soon, but he did made it happen.
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We launched the new front page last night. I original drew this on piece of paper while eating dinner in San Francisco. The food at Medicine Eat Stationwas something completely different, it was a vegan Japanese restaurant and they say it's what monks at 500 years ago. I have a hard time believing that, but it sounds great. What did monks eat 500 years ago? I'm sure it was minimal everything,...
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