To close out the hugely successful group art show and 15 year celebration of Giant Robot magazine, JANM will be open for extended hours on Thursday, January 21 to host the Giant Robot Biennale. Curated by Giant Robot co-founder and co-editor Eric Nakamura, this expanded follow-up to the 2007 exhibition Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues will highlight artists associated with the magazine over the past 15 years.

Featured artists include David Choe, James Jean, Souther Salazar, Theo Ellsworth, kozyndan, Stella Lai, Jack Long, Albert Reyes, Rob Sato, Jeff Soto, Deth P. Sun, Le Merde, David Horvath, and Yukinori Dehara.

Admission will be free, and many of the participating artists and key members of the Giant Robot family will be in attendance as part of this special gathering. Expect refreshments, a musical guest, The Binges and DJ Puffs, and other surprises.

Japanese American National Museum
369 East First St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Closing Reception: Thursday, January 21, 5:00-9:00 p.m.

Giant Robot 2 is proud to present Deth P. Sun’s latest solo show “Please Be Brave”. In this exhibition the Oakland based artist delves into a fantasy land  based on his unique perspective. The acrylic paintings on panels depict an optimistic worldview where hope is still present in the midst of darkness. The exhibition will include a mind-blowing two hundred  5″ by 5″ paintings, some panels and some paper framed. You can also get a copy of Sun’s book at the show, I See It All, a collection of drawings which provides an inside look at the artist’s process. Stop by the opening on November 14 from 6:30-10 PM to see his pieces in person.

GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310.445.9276

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Giant Robot will celebrate 15 years of covering Asian Culture with Biennale 2 opening on October 24th, 2009 at the Japanese American National Museum. The impressive featured lineup includes David Choe, James Jean, Souther Salazar, Theo Ellsworth, kozyndan, Stella Lai, Jack Long, Albert Reyes, Jeff Soto, Deth P. Sun, Le Merde, David Horvath and Yukinori Dehara.  A second hall will feature work from 50 additional artists. If you have any interest in Pop Surrealist / New Contemporary art, this show is not to be missed.

By way of preview, check out the James Jean teaser video below created and posted by GR Co-Founder Eric Nakamura.  It shows glimpses of Jean’s new Chinnamasta piece which will be featured in the show as well as another painting which we presume will also be part of Giant Robot Biennale 2.

Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles California 90012
213.625.0414

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Giant Robot 2 in Los Angeles opened their Year of the Ox group show, celebrating this year’s Chinese zodiac animal.  Overall the large and well-curated show  offered strong and varied pieces – paintings, drawings and a few sculptures.  The show roster  includes Bigfoot, Deth P. Sun, Amanda Visell, Luke Chueh, Michelle Valigura, David Horvath, Edwin Ushiro, Buff Monster, Joel Nakamura, Le Merde and many more. While  Paul Bunyan themed pieces proved somewhat popular,  artists’ interpretations of the theme were quite diverse overall.  Year of the Ox offers many affordable pieces with a wide appeal. Check it out and plan to spend quite awhile to take in all the art. The show closes on April 15th.

Giant Robot 2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310.445.9276

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Saturday was a blur. The Inaugural opening was a big success, almost too much so. It got so crowded even one of the photographers couldn’t get room for pics. I guess thats a good thing, though I certainly encourage you to come back and see the show with some personal space. Ryuichi Ogino’s large pieces are real statement pieces of his “evolution of Superflat” but you just could not step far enough away to get the full view.

Melissa Haslam sold out in short order, and Deth P Sun rocked out some of his largest pieces ever. Its pretty interesting how as he paints bigger he really seems to add more detail. I guess you can get away with more when the paintings are small.

Anyways, thanks for those of you who joined us…and please visit if you missed it!

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Mari Inukai

Cerasoli : LeBasse hosted the opening of Blender, its first show since the merger, last night (10.11). The group show featured the work of Melissa Haslam, Vincent Hui, Mari Inukai (above), Ryuichi Ogino (Ogi), Deth P Sun, Jennifer Davis and Suzanne Sattler. Additionally, Ogi presented a mixed-media wall installatioin featuring drawings, and hand-made clay figures.

The show offered a good a variety of work on display.  Melissa Haslam’s paintings proved to be extremely popular – all her piece were red dotted.  Suazanne Sattler’s pencil drawings are quite detailed and reward up close viewing with unexpected and slightly gruesome details (an animal being deconstructed layer by layer as an example). Finally, fans of Deth P. Sun need to check out his newest work – it’s bigger and more rendered than ever before while still retaining the quirky quality he’s known for.

Blender was a nice beginning to what we hope  will be a long string of success at Cerasoli: LeBasse. Be sure to click through for more pics of opening night.

Cerasoli : LeBasse
8530-B Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

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Don’t forget, the new Cerasoli:LeBasse gallery opens this Saturday with the Inaugural group show ‘Blender’

We have some great pieces from Melissa Haslam, Deth P Sun, Ryuichi Ogino, Vincent Hui and Mari Inukai in house. Should be releasing the preview tomorrow – so if you want to receive it please let me know.

New email too: contact@cerasoli-lebasse.com

Deth P Sun is also rocking one of his largest painting ever 30×40″ – So tempted to just take that one myself.

We are very excited about this show, and about the artists we are lining up for 2009. Hopefully you can join us on the 11th – as we will have some great freebies and giveaways to the first bunch of people to come by…

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