OMCA: SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot
Oakland Museum of California Celebrates the Art of Giant Robot in New Contemporary Art Exhibition Opening April 19
New Exhibition Coincides With 20th Anniversary of Giant Robot MagazineCelebrating Asian American Pop Culture and Beyond
Artists David Choe, James Jean, Adrian Tomine and Rob Sato WorksLead Roster of 15 Featured Artists
This spring, the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) presents the major exhibitionSuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot. On view in OMCA’s Great Hall from April 19 to July 27, 2014, the exhibition features 15 contemporary artists that have been inspired by the artistic sensibility of Giant Robot throughout its 20-year evolution.
Co-curated by Giant Robot visionary Eric Nakamura and OMCA’s Associate Curator of Art & Material Culture Carin Adams, SuperAwesome presents new or recent works by California and international-based artists affiliated with the culture and aesthetic of the popular magazine that brought Asian, trans-Pacific popular culture to mainstream audiences in the United States. Artists featured in the exhibition include: Ako Castuera, Sean Chao, David Choe, Luke Chueh, Hamburger Eyes, Andrew Hem, James Jean, Kozyndan, Masakatsu Sashie, Shizu Saldamando, Rob Sato, Amy Sol, Deth P Sun, and Adrian Tomine. Art works in the exhibition represent a range of mediums, including mural art, sculpture, illustration, portraiture, large-scale installations, graphic novels, photography, and more.
In addition, the exhibition features Giant Robot magazines and ephemera, vinyl toys, custom vending machines, and the original Giant Robot Scion XB. Designed by Eric Nakamura, inspired by Nintendo’s Famicom gaming console, and fabricated by Len Higa, the car-turned-interactive gaming station boasts built-in sound and projectors.
“SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot will emphasize the larger pop cultural context that informed so much of the early days of Giant Robot.” says Carin Adams, OMCA’s Associate Curator of Art & Material Culture. “In addition to recent work, OMCA is excited to present new installations such as a custom mural by David Choe—who painted a mural on the Facebook campus, as well as a large scale outdoor mural in our Oak Street Plaza by Andrew Hem.”
Over the past 20 years, the Giant Robot brand has expanded to include retail stores and galleries in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, a restaurant, museum and gallery exhibitions, and a popular website. It has also become an important outlet for a generation of emerging artists, several of whom have achieved mainstream success—such as Adrian Tomine, whose work has graced many New Yorker covers, and James Jean, whose is best known for his work for Prada, ESPN, and Atlantic Records.
“In SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot museum-goers will see that a certain artistic sensibility has remained intact throughout Giant Robot’s evolution,” says guest curator and Giant Robot co-founder Eric Nakamura. “The art is accessible because it has an illustrative aspect. People without art backgrounds can understand it.”
Also featured are custom Big Boss Robot figures by Junko Mizuno, Katsuya Terada, Spanky Stokes, Mark Nagata, Aaron Brown, Reactor 88, Leecifer, Scott Tolleson, Dril One, Edwin Ushiro, Yoskay Yamamoto, Jeni Yang, Julie West, Gary Ham, Jason Limon, Stasia Burrington, Mari Inukai, Jay222, Scott Wilkowski, Jeremiah Ketner, Yukinori Dehara, Jerome Lu, Kano, Bert Gatchalian, the Scion Famicar designed by Eric Nakamura and fabricated by Len Higa and a video game "The Pack" by Ben Vance and Rob Sato.
SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot will be on view at the Oakland Museum of California April 19 through July 27, 2014. The exhibition connects to OMCA’s other spring exhibition Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records through programs and in-gallery experiences celebrating how a range of communities comes together to create shared popular culture.
New Exhibition Coincides With 20th Anniversary of Giant Robot MagazineCelebrating Asian American Pop Culture and Beyond
Artists David Choe, James Jean, Adrian Tomine and Rob Sato WorksLead Roster of 15 Featured Artists
This spring, the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) presents the major exhibitionSuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot. On view in OMCA’s Great Hall from April 19 to July 27, 2014, the exhibition features 15 contemporary artists that have been inspired by the artistic sensibility of Giant Robot throughout its 20-year evolution.
Co-curated by Giant Robot visionary Eric Nakamura and OMCA’s Associate Curator of Art & Material Culture Carin Adams, SuperAwesome presents new or recent works by California and international-based artists affiliated with the culture and aesthetic of the popular magazine that brought Asian, trans-Pacific popular culture to mainstream audiences in the United States. Artists featured in the exhibition include: Ako Castuera, Sean Chao, David Choe, Luke Chueh, Hamburger Eyes, Andrew Hem, James Jean, Kozyndan, Masakatsu Sashie, Shizu Saldamando, Rob Sato, Amy Sol, Deth P Sun, and Adrian Tomine. Art works in the exhibition represent a range of mediums, including mural art, sculpture, illustration, portraiture, large-scale installations, graphic novels, photography, and more.
In addition, the exhibition features Giant Robot magazines and ephemera, vinyl toys, custom vending machines, and the original Giant Robot Scion XB. Designed by Eric Nakamura, inspired by Nintendo’s Famicom gaming console, and fabricated by Len Higa, the car-turned-interactive gaming station boasts built-in sound and projectors.
“SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot will emphasize the larger pop cultural context that informed so much of the early days of Giant Robot.” says Carin Adams, OMCA’s Associate Curator of Art & Material Culture. “In addition to recent work, OMCA is excited to present new installations such as a custom mural by David Choe—who painted a mural on the Facebook campus, as well as a large scale outdoor mural in our Oak Street Plaza by Andrew Hem.”
Over the past 20 years, the Giant Robot brand has expanded to include retail stores and galleries in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, a restaurant, museum and gallery exhibitions, and a popular website. It has also become an important outlet for a generation of emerging artists, several of whom have achieved mainstream success—such as Adrian Tomine, whose work has graced many New Yorker covers, and James Jean, whose is best known for his work for Prada, ESPN, and Atlantic Records.
“In SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot museum-goers will see that a certain artistic sensibility has remained intact throughout Giant Robot’s evolution,” says guest curator and Giant Robot co-founder Eric Nakamura. “The art is accessible because it has an illustrative aspect. People without art backgrounds can understand it.”
Also featured are custom Big Boss Robot figures by Junko Mizuno, Katsuya Terada, Spanky Stokes, Mark Nagata, Aaron Brown, Reactor 88, Leecifer, Scott Tolleson, Dril One, Edwin Ushiro, Yoskay Yamamoto, Jeni Yang, Julie West, Gary Ham, Jason Limon, Stasia Burrington, Mari Inukai, Jay222, Scott Wilkowski, Jeremiah Ketner, Yukinori Dehara, Jerome Lu, Kano, Bert Gatchalian, the Scion Famicar designed by Eric Nakamura and fabricated by Len Higa and a video game "The Pack" by Ben Vance and Rob Sato.
SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot will be on view at the Oakland Museum of California April 19 through July 27, 2014. The exhibition connects to OMCA’s other spring exhibition Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records through programs and in-gallery experiences celebrating how a range of communities comes together to create shared popular culture.
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- GR2: Original Assembly - Group Exhibition
- Giant Robot Store: Year of the Dragon 2024
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- Giant Robot Store: The Risograph & Screenprints Show 2024
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- Giant Robot Store: Deep Forest (2023)
- GR2: 20 Year Anniversary - 8 x 8 Exhibition (2023)
- Giant Robot Store: Deep Space 2023
- GR2: Spaces in Between (2023) - Group Exhibition
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- Giant Robot Store: Fruits & Veggies Show 2023
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- Giant Robot Store: Land and Sea Show 2023
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- GR2: Sitting Outside 2 - Group Exhibition
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- GR2: Rakugaki 5 - Sketches and Beyond (2023)
- Giant Robot Store: Neko Show 2023
- GR2: Spaces in Between II - Group Exhibition
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- Giant Robot Store: Totoro Show 2022
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- Giant Robot Store: Deep Forest 2022
- GR2: Return to Sender - Yoskay Yamamoto
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- Giant Robot Store: Kaiju 2022
- GR2: Convergence - Group Exhibition
- Giant Robot Store: The Special Feature (2022)
- GR2: Something Special - Group Exhibition
- GR2: 8 x 8 (2022) - Group Exhibition
- Giant Robot Store: Yokai Show 2022
- GR2: 3AM - Kelly Sux
- Giant Robot Store: Plants & Flowers Show 2022
- GR2: Silent Dreams - Yusei Abe
- GR2: Satoshi Yamamoto: 48 Years Old - Yukinori Dehara
- Giant Robot Store: Fruits & Veggies Show 2022
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- Giant Robot Store: Land and Sea Show 2022
- GR2: Sitting Outside - Group Exhibition
- GR2: Rakugaki 4: (Sketches and Beyond) 2022
- Giant Robot Store: Doggo Show 2022
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- GR2: Idle Moments - Rain Szeto
- GR2: A Girl in the Fog - Katsuya Terada
- Giant Robot Store: Neko Show 3 (Year of the Tiger Exhibition)
- Giant Robot Store: Travel by Lamplight - Brian Luong
- GR2: For Folk Sake - Erick Martinez
- GR2: Going Home - kozyndan
- Giant Robot Store: Totoro Show 7
- GR2: Post-it Show 2021 (10 x 10 Works)
- GR2: Post-it Show 2021 (Post-it Notes)
- Giant Robot Store: Kaiju Show 2
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- GR2: Wonder & Friends - Wonder & Friends
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- Giant Robot Store: Land and Sea Show
- GR2: Chrysalism - Group Exhibition
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- Giant Robot Store: Neko Show 2
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- Giant Robot Store: Monsters & Madness - Erick Martinez
- GR2: Line of Sight - Lisa Kogawa, Kelly Sux and Rain Szeto
- GR2: Not Funny - Katsuya Terada
- Giant Robot Store: Totoro Show 6
- GR2: Post-it Show 2020
- GR2: Flower Bird Wind Moon - Yoskay Yamamoto
- Giant Robot Store: The Plant Show 3
- GR2: Mintea Challenge - Group Exhibition
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- Giant Robot Store: Deep Forest
- GR2: Deth P. Sun - A Solo Exhibition
- GEKIGACORE - Baron Yoshimoto
- Giant Robot Store: Underwater Show
- 8 x 8 - Group Exhibition
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- Giant Robot Store: Bird Show
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- Giant Robot Store: DOGGO: A Dog Themed Art Show
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- Eishi Takaoka 8:00AM
- Sofvi Dismantling II - Yukinori Dehara
- Wistful Dreams, Porcelain Memories: Maggie Chiang
- Means for Collective Healing - Souther Salazar
- Totoro Show 5
- Katsuya Terada - Dragon Girl
- Post It Show 15
- The Plant Show
- Spin and Go: Peter Chan
- Dance the Worm: Ako Castuera
- Revival Group Exhibition
- Be Quiet - Rob Sato
- Let's Eat: A Group Exhibition
- The Plant Show
- Cats vs Dogs Show
- Comfort Creature Feature by Theo Ellsworth
- Yusei Abe - Monochromaniac
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- My Colour with U in Mind - Yoskay Yamamoto
- G + G - Gina Zycher and Godeleine de Rosamel
- The Reality of Illusions
- Cones of Vision
- Totoro Show 4
- Rakugaki Group Exhibition (Sketches and Beyond)
- Paper Cuts by Huntz Liu
- Spaces in Between - Group Exhibition
- Fast Forward - Group Exhibition
- Katsuya Terada - Rakugaking
- Short Stories - Sean Chao
- Plants Show
- Assemblages - Taylor Lee, Flat Bonnie, Taehoon Kim
- Growing into Roots - Kozy Kitchens
- Jelly Time - Peter Chan
- Sofvi Dismantling - Yukinori Dehara
- Secret Psychic Friend Spotlight - Theo Ellsworth
- Unfazed - Godeleine deRosamel
- 442 - Rob Sato
- Cosmic Connections - Maggie Chiang, Jeni Yang, Huntz Liu, Darren Inouye
- MOMO Group Exhibition
- Autokite - Solo Exhibition by Jacky Ke Jiang
- In Flux: Yusei Abe, Cassia Lupo, Tetsunori Tawaraya
- Girls - Katsuya Terada
- Homebound Exhibition by Yoskay Yamamoto
- Arco Iris - Rob Sato
- Interlude - Ryan Bubnis & Deth P. Sun
- Pinch - Eishi Takaoka
- Simple Things - Peter Chan
- Sister Cities - Ako Castuera
- A Survey: Drawings and Paintings of Strange Things - Edwin Ushiro
- Haunted Helpers - Theo Ellsworth
- Drifter: Sean Chao
- Rebound
- Friends with the Animals: And Other Tales of the Anthromorphized World
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- Formations
- Portals
- Katsuya Terada: Manga Girls
- Beings and Things - Godeleine de Rosamel
- Do You Know Me - Hellen Jo
- Hocus Pocus - Deth P. Sun
- From Whence We Came - kozyndan
- In Between The Dreams - Yoskay Yamamoto
- Socks - Eishi Takaoka
- Uglycon 2016
- Capturing What Still Glimmers - Edwin Ushiro
- Repose - Mike Lee
- Through the Woods
- Two Together - Sean Chao
- SUPERUNNATURAL
- Vivid Fields
- Beneficial Monsters - Theo Ellsworth
- Year of the Monkey
- Studio Weekend
- Works and Sketches - Katsuya Terada
- Post-it Show 11
- Womens Body in L.A.
- IN BOX
- Flatness
- The Study of Life as Things
- Still, Life
- With You - Eishi Takaoka
- ILL SQUAD!
- DGAF - Hellen Jo
- The World is Watching
- Life Forms
- Wavelengths
- Text and Pictures
- Solvers - Theo Ellsworth
- MultiMatter 2014
- Post It 10 - 2014
- Return of the Hot Pot Girls
- Marilla Blue and Orange - Mari Inukai
- Banana Flats - Ako Castuera
- 15,000 Years Later
- Lost in Light - Deth P. Sun and Apak
- Tiny Little Objects - Yukinori Dehara
- Gathering Whispers - Edwin Ushiro
- Uglycon 2014
- Game Over 2014
- House of Daydreamers - Yoskay Yamamoto
- FlipbooKit
- SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot
- Suspects
- 20 Years: Art X Mags
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