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THEY ARE US

NEW WORK BY AKO CASTUERA

APRIL 7 – MAY 2, 2012

Ako Castuera often shows at Giant Robot in group exhibitions. This will be her first solo effort at Giant Robot. Castuera’s work involves a look into the past which has brought us into the present. Along with her sweeping watercolor hills and valleys are dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. Castuera relays their significance as a dreaming point as well as their contribution in our ecosystem.

Also in this exhibition will be sculptural work also depicting prehistoric animals captured in a modernistic style. Castuera’s work is colorful, dreamy and captures a concept that explains who we are and where we came from.

I AM FINE

EISHI TAKAOKA SOLO EXHIBITION

MAY 5 – MAY 30, 2012

RECEPTION: SAT, MAY 5, 6:30-10PM

Eishi Takaoka’s work is coming back. Although the sculptures of Eishi Takaoka all portray the same serene expression, their outwardly calm façade belies a world of bottled-up emotions. With nowhere to go, these intense feelings manifest themselves in outlandish formations that sprout out of the top of each figure’s head. The uniquely sculpted heads of Takaoka are rooted in a personal fantasy world that is fueled by the emotional ups and downs of daily life in lower-middle class Japan. He instills his frustration with life in Kagoshima and feelings of isolation into each of the pieces, which are comprised of carved wood painted with raw mineral pigments placed atop empty glass medicine bottles.

Takaoka’s pieces have been seen in group shows in Tokyo and New York, one-person exhibitions at Giant Robot New York and GR2 in Los Angeles, and on the cover of novelist Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore.

For this exhibition, Takaoka will create 34 sculptures at Giant Robot 2 in Los Angeles. He is currently attending school in his hometown of Kagoshima, Japan and will not be in Los Angeles for the opening.


PAUL ROBERTSONSIGNED PRINT Fresh from our Diversions! art show at the GR2 gallery. Paul Robertson’s 8-bit style prints are available signed by the man himself. Inspiration for his work is found in popular culture, video games, animation and nostalgia.


DOMO 2″ QEESERIES 4 FIGURE New series featuring everyone’s favorite character Domo Kun! These blind boxes have an awesome array of styles that are more rare than the next!		JAMES JEANXOXO POSTCARD SET GR contributing artists James Jean has released this wonderful set of postcards featuring images of his much talked about paintings. 30 postcards in the set!


JAMES JEANKINDLING A poster book featuring 12 brand new, never-before-published paintings by award-winning artist James Jean. Each of the 11″ x 16″ pull-out prints is bound into a paperback portfolio and features a full-color painting on one side and intricate sketches on the opposite side.		ED LINONE RED BASTARD In One Red Bastard, Ed Lin’s thrilling sequel to the highly acclaimed Snakes Can’t Run, “reminiscent of Elmore Leonard… Compulsively readable” (Don Lee), it’s the fall of 1976. New York’s Chinatown is in turmoil over news that Mao’s daughter is seeking asylum in the U.S.


UPPER PLAYGROUNDDAVID CHOE ASH GIRL T-SHIRT David Choe and Upper Playground collaborate for this fantastic Ash Girl design based on one of David’s paintings!		UGLYDOLLBLIND BOX FIGURE Finally Uglydoll blind box figures, specifically Glow-in-the-Dark Ice-Bat! Made of hard plastic with torsos that can be turned. 6 variations in all.


DORAEMONUSB TIME MACHINE Plug Doraemon into your USB port and his time machine will project a digital clock display onto any surface.		BUKUBUKUAWA MASCOTPUFF BALL Little plush puff balls with felt faces that randomly assorted facial expressions.

MOTHERFUCKERLAND: INSTALLMENT 14

By ED LIN

Read author Ed Lin’s new serial novel, Motherfuckerland. New installments will be released weekly. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. His latest book, One Red Bastard, has been published by Minotaur in April 2012.

MOTHERFUCKERLAND: INSTALLMENT 14

By ED LIN

ANIMAL STYLE AT FAAIM RECAP

By MARTIN WONG

I’ve attended a lot of film festivals over the years. And through Giant Robot magazine, I’ve had the pleasure of introducing features by friends as well as conducting Q&As afterward. But Animal Style for FAAIM’s Asian American Showcase was the first program that I’ve ever curated. Yes, it totally ruled. >>