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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=69] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group Art Show Dinosaur Party at GRSF, November 18 – December 13 Reception: Saturday, November 18, 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 Dinosaur Party, a group art show in honor of handmade toys and games, at GRSF. Everyone loves toys, and there was a time when kids had to make their own. This special show will include objects such as handmade paper models, one-of-a-kind playing cards, mutated action-figures, tweaked stuffed animals, and a custom chess set. Each piece will have the dual purpose of reflecting creativity and imagination, and as well as triggering them.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Jeana Sohn EATING GRASS at GRSF, June 24 – July 26 Reception: Saturday, June 24, 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 Jeana Sohn at GRSF. Jeana Sohn was born in Korea, where she completed a program in graphic design at a local university. Jeana moved to the U.S to study character animation at CalArts. Her drawings and paintings combine the straightforwardness of children’s book illustration with the subdued color palate of weathered folk signage and free-flowing composition of street art. In 2005, she was commissioned to design t-shirts and buttons for Death Cab for Cutie. For “Eating Grass,” Sohn is painting with acrylic on wood panels, paper, and old book covers as well as wooden eggs. Topics include but are not limited to boys, girls, flowers, awkwardness, stillness, quiet, swimming, and sharks, The 50 pieces will be linked by an implied, non-specific narrative that relates unrelated objects and events. A reception for the artist will be held from 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, June 24.
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[nggallery id=73] Eishi Takaoka River at GRSF, May 27 – June 21 Reception: Saturday, May 27, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm GRSF is pleased to present rivers, the first San Francisco solo exhibition of Eishi Takaoka, a young sculptor based out of Kagoshima, Japan. Takaoka has participated in group shows in Tokyo and New York, as well as one-person exhibitions at Giant Robot New York and GR2 in Los Angeles. The exhibition will consist of over 100 works comprised primarily of intricately carved wood heads painted with raw mineral pigments placed atop empty glass medicine bottles. Although these sculptures all portray the same serene expression, their outwardly calm façade belies a world of bottled-up emotions. With nowhere else to go, these intense feelings manifest themselves in outlandish formations that sprout out the top of each figure’s head. Takaoka’s unique work is rooted in a personal fantasy world that is fueled by the emotional ups and downs of daily life in lower-middle class Japan. Heavily influenced by the expressive songs of the Japanese punk rock group Eastern Youth, Takaoka releases his frustration with life in Kagoshima and feelings of isolation into each of his sculptures. GRSF is located at 622 Shrader Street in the Upper Haight. 415-976-4773. (Monday – Friday 11:30 – 8:00, Saturday 11:00 – 8:00, Sunday 12:00 – 7:00)
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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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