Year of the Rabbit, a group show celebrating the 4709th resetting of the lunar calendar, opened Saturday, Feb. 5  at GR2 (2062 Sawtelle Blvd in West Los Angeles.)  Contributors include: Andrice Arp, Jesse Balmer, Robert Bellm, Aaron Brown, Ako Castuera, Sean Chao, Louise Chen, Shawn Cheng, James Chong, Lola Dompe, Dutch Door Press, Evah Fan, Jesse Fillingham, Matt Furie, Yoskay Yamamoto, Edwin Ushiro, Tessar Lo and Michael S. Hsiung, among many others. Check out some slightly blurry pictures after the jump!

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Happy New Years Everyone!  Get another beer, you’ll feel better . A couple Jeopardy episodes ago, Alex asked, “You don’t want to play leap frog with this mythical beast.”  Answer. What is the unicorn?  If you happened to have missed the group show Unicornucopia at Rothick art haus, then this Sun, Jan. 2nd, 12-5pm you can still catch the Unicornucopia Closing Potluck/Art Jam/New Year’s Celebration at Rothick art haus!!!

Refreshments from Einhorn Beer and Izze Sparkling Juice

Bring a dish to share and your favorite medium and bid farewell to Unicornucopia.

Celebrate the New Year with unicorns not football. Legend has it that if you spot a unicorn in the beginning of the year you will have good luck all year long.

Unicornucopia: An Abundant, Bountiful Supply of Mono-Horned Mythical Beasts

ARTISTS
Liz McGrath, Becca, Jeremy Fish, Laurie Hassold, Kukula, Michael C. Hsiung, Sherry Delorme, Melissa Contreras, Kelly Castillo, Glenn Arthur, Joey Syta, Aileen Holmes, Michael White, Jesse La Tour, Daisy Church, Alex Chiu, Crayon Fawn, Ryan Clemens, Hi-Tree, Mustachio, TD Flynn, Jennie Cotterill, Industry Giant, Kitty Brown, JoshR, Craig Roccanova, Bradlee Cooper, Sara Hasse, Monster Kat, and more!

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We rented a car and drove very fast up to San Francisco to check out No Naked Faces featuring artist Moto Nakaba, Sean Boyles, and  Michael C. Hsiung (me) at the Giant Robot store on Haight. Here are some photos from the opening . . . We also did stop by the Fecalface 10th Anniversary show, but it was pretty packed and I got me only a few photos.  If I can wrangle some up and unblur a handful, then I’ll have some of those to post up.

No Naked Faces
Moto Nakaba, Michael C. Hsiung, Sean Boyles
September 11 – October 13, 2010
GRSF
618 Shrader Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
gr-sf.com

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The fellows from Color Magazine recently released the Official trailer for the One Way or Another Tour filmed and edited by Corey Adams of MachoTaildrop.  Also, the magazine featuring our 11 day journey in 12 pages is available now, check it out here.

Check out the trailer.

This Saturday a bunch of Los Angeles artists will be participating in LA ART IN NUMBERS on Saturday May 8th from 7 pm to 11 pm.  Who doesn’t like charities?  Stalin, Hitler, and Dracula sure they might not. . . but you should. Haha.  Portion of the procees will benefit The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles .  Oh yeah, there’s an open bar. . . so I know I’ll see you there.

Artists include:

Albert Reyes, Billie Stone, Jason Hernandez, Jeffrey Segal, Kev Hayes, Kime Buzzelli, Mike Pargas, Old Boy, Rachel Pitler and me too many more. . .

LA ART IN NUMBERS

7-11 pm
High Profile Productions
5896 Smiley Drive
Culver City, CA 90232

Live Silk Screening by the Hit+Run Crew.
Sounds provided by DJs Jeremy Sole (KCRW), Take (Brainfeeder), Valtron (Beat Swapmeat), & Toks (Hit+Run). Curated by Southern California Residents and Artists themselves, Annie Madison & Marcella Kroll.

With a $10 donation guests will receive a hand silk screened poster to personalize, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit: The Vision Center Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Open Bar (21+)

This three person group show featuring SF native AKO, Philadelphia local Dan Eells, and Los Angeles lurker Michael C. Hsiung is on display at The Slingluff Gallery in Philadelphia, PA from April 3rd thru May 3rd.  Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the opening April 3rd, but here are some photographs provided by  Jonathan Slingluff  and Philadelphia artist Dan Eells, who were kind enough to share them. Check out some works online here.

AKO, EELLS, HSIUNG
April 3 – May 3, 2010
The Slingluff Gallery
11 W. Girard Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
www.slingluffgallery.com

You can read an online interview with each artist on the Slingluff Gallery blog.

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Mastodon Maze is a labyrinthine group showcasing showcasing pre-existing pieces from some of our favorite artists: Philip Cameron, Christian Cummings, Michael C. Hsiung, Daniel Ingroff, Alison O’Daniel, Paul Pescador, David Maupin, Mike Metzger, and Donnie Luu.

Mastodon Maze runs concurrent to the Art Los Angeles Contemporary at the Pacific Design Center. The show will be up from January 29 – February 11, with an opening event at 5:00pm on January 30th.

Yes, folks I have some of the new prints and a T-shirt that I made for the Alternative Press Expo (APE 2009) available now on my shop.  All the prints were silk screened by my buddies at FRESHPRESSED – 18.6″H x 12.5″W, plasticol, on paper. All prints are signed and numbered out of an edition of 5 and some 10.  All prints $20 and shirt $25

To see the rest of the stuff I have, please click see more.

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Book City Jackets, makers of fine kraft paper book covers, is proud to announce the release today of the second set in its Artists Edition series. The Artists Edition series consists of limited-edition runs of original work by artists with diverse backgrounds and was initiated with the goal of converting books into new works of art that can be displayed on a bookshelf, coffee table or whereever else art-loving (or privacy-seeking) readers go.  Available through its website and from fine retailers on October 20th, Artists Edition No. 2 features original drawings by Nishat Akhtar, Cheeming Boey and Michael Hsiung.

Brooklyn-based Book City Jackets was founded in 2008 with the mission to make every book beautiful through the production of unique book covers printed on recycled kraft paper.

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Echo Curio has been offering exciting art exhibits and outstanding musical performances for several years now.  Their programming for the month of October includes four weeks of solo shows by artists, including yours truly, Josie Basford, Caitlin C. Mitchell, Gary Spisak and Michael C. Hsiung.

Also, a different musical group curates Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with numerous and fantastic bands playing at the space.

The show of my surfer paintings is currently on display, and a reception will be held tonight from 7-8:30.  Please stop by!

Echo Curio
1519 Sunset Blvd
Echo Park, CA 90026
www.echocurio.com