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[nggallery id=79] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group Art Show Fearfully and Wonderfully at GRSF, March 17 – April 18 Reception: Saturday, March 17, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Giant Robot is proud to present Fearfully and Wonderfully, a group art show featuring the work of Sean Cassidy, Katherine Guillen, Zachary Rossman, and Brian Rush. For the show, Sean Cassidy is preparing 10-20 small pieces that instill the effortless flow of the drawn line with the mystery of science. His deceptively straightforward paintings and sculptures balance the primal need for expression with an unstated but understood logic and cloud the boundaries of fact and fantasy. Katherine Guillen uses watercolor, etching, and ceramics to “chronicle the hopeless state of the environment, and the darker side of humanity that it exposes.” Her translucent-but-dark hues depict subjects such as manual labor and bullies, as well as floods and other forms of nature in an unflinching, subtly humorous manner. Zachary Rossman plans on painting about seven gouache-on-paper pieces, all of which will feature meticulous brushwork. Fixated on the unbreakable and often freakish relationship between humans and nature, his latest work suggests an obsessive fixation with caves, as well as mountains, black holes, icicles, botanical forms, and creatures. Brian Rush will prepare 10-15 acrylic paintings that will feature cartoon-based characters and narratives, loosely held together by a non-linear storyline or idea. Although the subjects may be familiar, no single explanation is enforced upon the viewers, who are allowed to construct their own explanations of the accessible yet cryptic themes. A reception for the artists will be held from 6:30 , 10:00 on Saturday, March 17. For more information about the show, the artists, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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James Kochalka at GRNY, February 17 – March 14 Reception: Saturday, February 17, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village New York, New York 10009 (212) 674-GRNY (4769) / grny.net Giant Robot is proud to present Little Paintings by James Kochalka at GRNY. Indie cartoonist James Kochalka is well-known for having a raw, humorous, and powerful style and prolific pace; he draws one diary strip a day for his Web site, and still manages to create an ever-growing catalog of graphic novels. His range extends from the autobiographical (American Elf) to kid-friendly (Peanutbutter & Jeremy) to serious (The Cute Manifesto) to raunchy (SuperF*ckers) to iconic (Monkey vs. Robot). His comix work has won four Ignatz awards and one Harvey award. He is widely regarded as the inventor of the daily-diary comic strip, and has inspired countless younger artists. Kochalka has also released several CDs with his band, James Kochalka Superstar. His song “Britney’s Silver Can” was named one of the 100 best songs of 2006 by Rolling Stone, and his song “Hockey Monkey” is being used as the theme song to new Fox television sitcom, The Loop. For the art show, Kochalka is making 150 acrylic 2″ by 2″ paintings on 3″ by 3″ paper. Subject matter will feature cats, monkeys, monsters, self-portraits of himself as an elf, and creatures “inspired by classic videogame characters like the ghosts in Pac-Man or the aliens in Galaxians or Galaga.” The multitude of pieces will not be framed but are quite suitable for framing. A reception for the artist will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, February 17. For more information about Kochalka, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact GRNY.
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[nggallery id=40] 8 X 10 – group drawing show! A group art show with a diverse, dazzling array of participants using the rawest of writing instruments (pencils, pens, crayons, markers, etc.) and a stock frame size. Contributors come from indie comics, crafting, street-art, and fine-art backgrounds, and include (but are not limited to): Marc Bell Jill Bliss Kelie Bowman Calef Brown Martin Cendreda Josh Cochran Allison Cole Austin English Matt Furie Gary Garay Susie Ghahremani Katherine Guillen Maya Hayuk Maxwell Loren-Holyoke Hirsch Caroline Hwang Paul Hwang Hellen Jo Keith Jones Kelly Lynn Jones Kozyndan Benjamin Lee Jack Long David Magdaleno Abby Manock Travis Millard Matt Moroz PCP John Pham John Porcellino Albert Reyes Zachary Rossman Manny Silva Jeana Sohn STO Deth P. Sun Kelly Tunstall Tom Vadakan Marci Washington Justin B. Williams Andrew Jeffrey Wright
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[nggallery id=85] Free To A Good Home at GR2, February 17 – March 14 Reception: Saturday, February 17 GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 445 – 9276 Giant Robot is proud to present Free To A Good Home, a group show at GR2 that will benefit Kitten Rescue, a Los Angeles-based organization saves kittens and cats from the high-kill shelter system and fosters them until they can find the right homes. Paintings, illustrations, photography, and other pieces will be inspired by—but not limited to—cats. Artists are slated to include: Andrice Arp Robert Bellm Jeffrey Brown Martin Cendreda Austin English Evah Fan Susie Ghahremani Leif Goldberg Katherine Guillen Myleen Hollero Jordin Isip kozyndan Le Merde Justin “Scrappers” Morrison Munkao Saelee Oh Martin Ontiveros John Pham Pryor Praczukowski Aaron Renier Albert Reyes Zach Rossman Brian Rush Jay Ryan Souther Salazar Jeana Sohn Deth P. Sun Daria Tessler Marci Washington Steve Weissman Andrew Jeffrey Wright Ten percent of art sales from the show will go toward Kitten Rescue. An opening reception featuring kittens, cats, and many of the artists will take place from 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, February 17.
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[nggallery id=48] Bwana Spoons at Giant Robot New York, January 12 – February 13, 2007 Reception: Saturday, January 12, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village New York, New York 10009 grny.net (212) 674-GRNY Giant Robot is proud to present How to Dig a Hole, an art show by Bwana Spoons. Spoons is a Portland-based artist whose freewheeling style was developed under the influence of underground comics, ’60s rock posters, and Japanese rubber monster movies. Starting out with stapled-and-folded zines like My Friend the Micronaut and Ain’t Nothing Like Fucking Moonshine in the early ’90s, Spoons has become a regular in the Northwest street art and indie music scene. Endangered animals caught in mid-thought, kung-fu wizards with gravity-defying eyebrows, and swirling psychedelic backgrounds are only some of the elements found in the well-composed anarchy of his paintings and sculpture. He is also involved in the Grass Hut art collective and gallery. Although the show is called “How to Dig a Hole”, the new paintings, illustrations, and sculptures by Spoons actually address how to get out of one. “What do I fill it with?” he asks. “Blood, guts, tears, dirt, love, and paint.” Giant Robot has been promoting new art and artists since 1994, first with a magazine and then in galleries. The publication celebrated its 50th issue in 2007 with an art show at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. Currently it presents art shows on a monthly basis in its L.A., San Francisco, and New York City locations. A reception for Spoons will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, January 12. For more information about the artist, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact GRNY.
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