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 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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A favorite artist of mine, Jack Long, just opened his new solo exhibition at Giant Robot here in NYC!  He continues to deliver the same stunning imagery he has become known for, while also pushing his subject matter forward with even more attention to detail then ever before and an incredible diverse array of colors.  The good news is that all works from this new show are now available for view and purchase online HERE

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We cannot wait to see Jack Long’s new paintings in Singing Her to Sleep at Giant Robot, New York on Saturday, June 27th.

Long’s mythical scenarios meticulously depict mysterious themes that celebrate the events of everyday life, love, and nature. Jack has been showing ever since working with Giant Robot and now he is taking over the New York outpost for another solo show. While he normally works on a fairly small scale we are hearing that some pieces for this show will be much larger. Lucky for us we will be in town for this one, so cannot wait to see more.

Jack Long
Singing Her to Sleep
Giant Robot NY
June 27th, 6-10pm

Discuss the show here.

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Edwin Ushiro

Atticus BCN in conjunction with Dailydujour will present the Nobody Walks in LA group show opening on Friday, January 23rd 2009 @ the Masters Gallery in Barcelona, Spain.  As you might guess by the name, the show features LA area painters exclusively.  Rather than simply a catchy pop culture reference the title refers to to the stereotypical idea that Los Angeles residents are all the same – when the reality is that Los Angeles has become one of the most diverse cities and cultural melting pots in the world. The artists in the show represent that melding of culture and styles with everything from urban street to abstract expressionism. Artists in the show are both LA natives and transplants.

Dailydujour was pleased to curate the show which includes an exciting selection  of local artists including:

• Amanda Visell, David Flores, Derek Albeck, Edwin Ushiro (above), Jack Long, Jeremy Lynch, Joe Ledbetter, Joshua Petker, Ken Garduno, KMNDZ, Mike Bilz, Mike Shinoda, Nate Frizzell, Nathan Ota, Nick Yarger, Patrick Haemmerlein, Randy Noborikawa, Scott Belcastro, Steven Daily, Tessar Lo, Tiffany Liu, Tom Haubrick and Yoskay Yamamoto.

For more info about the show check out the official show blog @  http://www.nobodywalksinla2009.blogspot.com/ which includes a full preview.  Thank you to all the artists who participated – the show is step one in our goal of making Dailydujour a living, breathing part of the art community both online and off.  We’ll have full coverage of the opening shortly after it goes down.

Opening reception: Friday / Viernes January 23, 2009
6-8pm FRESS / 8-12PM PUBLIC
Calle Johann Sebastian Bach 14, Barcelona Spain.
BARCELONA, SPAIN

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