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[nggallery id=87] Giant Robot SF Presents: Easy Like New works by Greg “Pnut” Galinsky 622 Shrader Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 March 25th – April 26th, 2006 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 25th, 6:30 – 10pm Giant Robot is pleased to announce a solo art exhibition with Bay Area artist, Greg Galinsky. Greg Galinsky’s images of Polynesian icons, nature, musical instruments, and decorative patterns evoke nostalgia and peacefulness. His sparse imagery, precise lines, muted color palette, and monochromatic backdrops create a strong graphic feel and very specific moods. This exhibit will feature works on canvas, glass, wood, and furniture. Originally from Southern California, Galinsky was influenced by skateboarding, surfing and living near the ocean. Galinsky studied at Otis Parsons School of Design but left to start his own clothing label. Recently, the Bay Area art fixture has worked with Barney’s, Levi’s, Vans Shoe Company, and The Charles and Ray Eames Office. For more information, contact: Derek Song Giant Robot SF, Manager 622 Shrader St. at Haight St. San Francisco, CA 94117 415.876.GRSF derek@giantrobot.com www.giantrobot.com / www.gr-sf.com
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[nggallery id=60] Giant Robot SF Presents: The Jingi : Japanese Yakuza Spirit Figure Exhibition by Yukinora Dehara 622 Shrader Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 February 25th – March 22nd, 2006 Opening Reception: Saturday February 25th, 6:30 – 10pm Giant Robot is pleased to announce Yukinora Dehara’s first exhibition in San Francisco, and second show with Giant Robot. From farmers, salary men, ghosts, gangsters and even killer vegetables, Dehara transforms these often absurd archetypes, into observations of Japanese and American society and pop culture. His clay sculptures are raw but detailed, painted with a precise and glossy aesthetic. They impart the subject’s state of being, whether it’s a subservient rice cooker, or a tortured Yakuza boss. For each exhibition Dehara sculpts a unique cast of characters. Previous series have included killer produce in “Oyasi: Vegetable Wars”, villagers and farmers for the “Jibasan” collection, and Japanese ghosts for “Pop Yokai: Japanese Old Ghost”. In “The Jingi” Dehara will depict the Japanese gangster icon. Dehara has created 100 original sculptures that will expose every possible incarnation of the Jingi. Giant Robot San Francisco will have Dehara’s hard to find products in stock, including books, toys and other selected merchandise that catalog Dehara’s prolific body of work. Yukinori Dehara will be in attendance for the opening of the show.
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