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Printed Matter 8 at Giant Robot NY

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Giant Robot is proud to present Printed Matter 8 at GRNY.

The latest installment of the popular Printed Matter series of art shows will feature more than 60 artists with a wide variety of aesthetic styles and printmaking techniques. Limited-edition prints are one of the best ways for budget-minded and new collectors to acquire artwork and support independent artists, and we are committed to providing this venue on a recurring basis. Prints will be cash-and-carry, so keep your hands free and join us for this unique summer event.

Participating artists are scheduled to include the following:

APAK!, Nick Arciaga, Sasha Barr, Erik Bergstrom, Christopher Bettig, Bigfoot, Blinky, Kelie Bowman, Sean Boyles, Ryan Bubnis, Bwana Spoons, Tad Carpenter, Ako Castuera, Louise Chen, Shawn Cheng, Allison Cole, Rob Corradetti, Eleanor Davis, Tony DePew, Dennis Dread, Dutch Door Press, Theo Ellsworth, Fortress Letterpress, Matt Furie, Tim Gough, Katherine Guillen, Sam Handleman, Lizz Hickey, Andrew Holder, Patrick Hruby, Martin Hsu, Kaori Kasai, Jeremiah Ketner, Lauren Kolesinskas, Little Friends of Printmaking, Justin Lovato, Alex Lukas, Sara Antoinette Martin, Xander Marro, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, Yuko Nishigaki, Martin Ontiveros, Mika Oshima, Hiroki Otsuka, Mike Perry, Sidney Pink, Albert Reyes, Jay Ryan, Rob Sato, Caleb Sheridan, Hannah Stouffer, Studio MIKMIK, Diana Sudyka, Deth P.Sun, Daria Tessler, Elisabeth Timpone, Joe To, Aiyana Udesen, Chris Uphues, Edwin Ushiro, Jon Vermilyea, Angie Wang, Jing Wei, Steve Weissman, Chadwick Whitehead, Chelsea Wong, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Michaela Zacchilli, Madeleine Zygarewicz.

Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent.

A reception featuring many of the artists will be held from 6:30 – 10:00 pm on Saturday, July 10.

Printed Matter 8
July 10 – August 4, 2010
Reception: Saturday, July 10, 6:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net

Last Night: Dime Bag at Giant Robot

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Curated by Jordin Isip (Illustration Faculty) and Rodger Stevens (Illustration Alum and Faculty), Dime Bag closes tonight at Giant Robot New York.  The show has been getting some fantastic press, including coverage by NYMag’s Culture Vulture blog (great slideshow included!) and Peggy Roalf at DART.  Here’s an excerpt from Peggy’s write-up:

The show is the brainchild of Jordin Isip and Rodger Stevens, art school buddies who came up with the idea when they realized what a huge art network of artists they had just from hanging out socially. They wanted to bring as many artists together as possible to create new work with only one small – but huge – restriction: Each piece must fit into a 3-by-3-inch ziplock bag.

Isip and Rodgers invited artists representing an extraordinary variety of disciplines, including painters, illustrators, graphic designers, filmmakers, photographers, and product designers. Each of the artists was sent one of the little baggies and asked to fill it in any way they wished.

I found Jordin by phone in his studio today and he said, “We wanted to have an exhibit where the show itself, as well as the individual pieces, are a work of art.” He certainly succeeded, and GR/New York’s small gallery space proves to be an ideal environment for the art. I found myself looking at each of the three walls of the installation as a whole element before zeroing in on individual images. In fact, I spent quite a while looking at each piece, with the idea of purchasing one.

Read the rest of Peggy’s article here and for goodness sake, if you haven’t already, get over to GRNY for the show.

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[top photo strip: Heads Up at Giant Robot. Left: Trapped in a Bag by Calef Brown. Center: I Didn’t Bust No, Uh, Hip-Hop Moves by Gregory Benton. Right: Head by Jordin Isip. All copyright the artists, photos: Peggy Roalf.]

Dime Bag 3 at Giant Robot featuring tons of Illustration Alums/Faculty/Students

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Giant Robot is proud to host a tiny exhibition of colossal proportions curated by artists Jordin Isip and Rodger Stevens.

Dime Bag 3 is the ninth in an ongoing series of events by Isip and Stevens, bringing together over 200 artists from New York City and beyond representing an extraordinary variety of disciplines. Painters, illustrators, graphic designers, filmmakers, photographers, product designers, and others have been invited to create artworks specifically designed to be exhibited in 3-inch plastic bags: dime bags. Each artist was sent one of the symbolic baggies and asked to fill it in any way they wished.

Artists participating in Dime Bag 3 are:

Ian Adelman
Lindsey Adelman
Keira Alexandra
Selina Alko
Jashar Awan
Jordan Awan
Dan Aycock
Scott Bakal
Lindsey Balbierz (A)
Karen Barbour
Michael Bartalos
George Bates (A)(F)
Melinda Beck
Charlie Becker
Polly Becker
Mike Bellamy (A)
Laura Bellmont
Gregory Benton
Jud Bergeron
Hanne Berkaak (A)
Annette Berry
Angela Boatwright
Max Bode
Kelsey Bohlinger
Juliette Borda
Kim Bost
Kelie Bowman
Claudia Brandenburg
Amanda Brown
Calef Brown
Chris Buzelli
SooJin Buzelli
Joseph Buzzell
William Buzzell (A)
Noel Chanyungco
Mariano Ching
Yong Choe (A)
Beryl Chung (A)
Benjamin Clarke
Noel Claro (F)
Dana Collins
Cynthia Connolly
Alika Cooper
Louie Cordero
Michael Coughlan
Brian Cronin
Tara Cullen
Daniel Davidson
Georganne Deen
Andrew Degraff
Edward del Rosario (F)
Dave Delaney
Rachel Domm
Paul Donald
Dora Drimalas
Dima Drjuchin (A)
Joel Dugan
Chris Duncan
Carl Dunn (A)
Chad Dziewior
Charles Eckert
Emily Eibel
Morgan Elliot
Steve Ellis
Kiersten Essenpreis
Evah Fan
Ingo Fast (A)
Ray Fenwick
Cat Ferraz (A)
Brian Flynn
Patrick JB Flynn
Gary Fogelson
Bella Foster
James Benjamin Franklin
John Freeborn
David Fremont
Shannon Freshwater
Sam Friedman
Martina Fugazzotto
James Gallagher (F)
Ryan Gallagher
Susie Ghahremani
Florence Gidez (A)
Jason Glasser
Leah Goldensohn
Johanna Goodman (A)
Keith Greiman
Matt Haber
Marcellus Hall
George Harbeson (A)
Joseph Hart
Maya Hayuk
Matt Hollister
Charles Immer
Jordin Isip (F)
Mara Isip
Minako Iwamura
Rich Jacobs
Oliver Jeffers
Frances Jetter
Chesiel John (A)
Matt Johnson
Aya Kakeda
Leah Kalotay
Christina Kampson
Nina Katan
Amy S. Kauffman
Misaki Kawai
Caitlin Keegan
Patrick Keesey
Andy Kehoe (A)
Tricia Keightley
Tim Kerr
Hiroshi Kimura
James Kirkpatrick
Viktor Koen (F)
Hiro Kurata (A)
Craig LaRotonda
Cat Lauigan (A)
Hannah K. Lee (A)
Liz Lee (A)
Sae-am Lee (A)
Rob Leecock
Matt Leines
Jodi Levine
Laura Levine
Phil Lubliner
Alex Lukas
Anthony Macbain
Ashley Macomber
Julie Manso
Sara Antoinette Martin
Eddie Martinez
Sophie Mathoulin
Margaret McCartney
Adam McCauley (A)
Melissa McGill
Ted McGrath
Richard McGuire
Taylor McKimens
Elizabeth Meluch
Jeffrey Ashe Meyer
David Miller (A)
Bronwyn Minton
Tezh Modarressi
Nicole Momaney
Brendan Monroe
Lilah Montgomery (A)
James Moore
Pam Morris
Brad Mossman
Ana Mouyis  (A)
Ilse Murdock
James Austin Murray
Gregory Nemec
Ron Nemec
Phillip Fivel Nessen (A)
Laura Normandin
Kate O’Connor
Shu Okada (A)
Frank Olinsky (F)
Soner On
Alex Ostroy
Jake Panian
Chang Park (F)
Leif Parsons
Jason Polan
Jason Porter
Giselle Potter
Sean Qualls
Jeff Quinn (F)
Cassie Ramone
John Rauchenberger
Kristina Reddy (A)
Lauren Redniss (F)
Liz Riccardi
Martha Rich
Geoff Rockwell
Edel Rodriguez
Les Rogers
Julia Rothman
Lea Rude
Stanley Ruiz
Anthony Russo
David Sandlin
Kim Scafuro
Kim Schifino
Nicole Schorr
Blake Scott
Anna Sea
Christina Sheppard (A)
Christine Shields
Yasmin Sison
Paul Slifer
Andy Smenos
Ryan Jacob Smith
Jeff Soto
Becca Stadtlander
Rodger Stevens (A)(F)
Holly Stevenson
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Georgie Stout
Scott Stowell
Katherine Streeter
Derek Stukuls
Gary Taxali
Gabriel Tick (A)
Mark Todd
Lara Tomlin
Mark Turgeon
Katie Turner (S)
Justin Valdes
Madeline Valentine
Nichole van Beek
Willian van Roden
Jonathan Viner
Dominique Vitali
Roxie Vizcarra (A)
Karyn Vogel
Valeriya Volkova
Adam Wallacavage
Ryan Wallace
Jessica Ward (A)
David Weeks
Kaeleen Wescoat-O’Neill
Eric White
Justin White
Beth Whitney
Jasmine Wigandt (A)
C.K. Wilde
Nate Williams
Richard Wilson
Jeff Winterberg
Mike Wodkowski
Courtney Wotherspoon
James Yang
Tobin Yelland
Christine Young (A)
Zachary Zezima (A)
Bill Zindel

(Names in red are either Parsons Illustration alums, current students, or faculty members–If I missed any, let me know!)

A reception featuring many of the artists will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 PM on Saturday, July 18.

Devil’s In The Details Group Art Show Opening at Giant Robot New York

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Giant Robot is proud to present Devil’s in the Details, a 10-person group art show. Contributors range in artistic styles and backgrounds, from illustration and graphic design, to graffiti and fine art. Representing some of the most prolific and engaging voices in the art world today, each artist has created new original works for this show.

Participants include:

  • Sean Boyles – Applying his loose, yet honed style to drawings, paintings, printmaking, and even photos and videos, Boyles has the uncanny ability to make carefully composed depictions of the street appear effortless.
  • Ako Castuera – Castuera depicts a hyper-colored, gravity-defying world that is somewhat terrifying but also super fun. When she is not making her own art, she is a character artist for the Metacopalypse animated TV series.
  • French – Utilizing a distinct, finely detailed method to his drawings, French’s subjects include the morbid, the classic, the contemporary, and the strange, all executed with care and precision.
  • Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch – One of the hardest working artists in the art scene today, Holyoke-Hirsch has maintained his artistic vision and expanded on his style while showing in galleries around the world.
  • Andrew Holder – The patterns and shapes of Holder’s art are as distinct as the compositions he creates with both. Continually making work that exemplifies the direction of modern art, Holder most recently graced the cover of Arkitip.
  • Jordin Isip – Isip’s mixed media work combines the look of raw sculpture with simple, modernist design, and graces book covers, album covers, and magazine articles. [Parsons Illustration faculty!]
  • Yellena James – In her artwork, James combines complex abstract forms to form larger images that take on lives of their own. Her colorful arrangements of organic shapes and tangled lines are at once floral and alien, organic and sci-fi, crafty and fantastic.
  • Jeremyville – Art, product design, animation–Jeremyville seems to do it all, and always with his trademark, innovative style and sophisticated presentation. His work has been shown around the world, and he continues to fill galleries with art that defies definition.
  • David Jien – Still developing as an art student, Jien’s pencil drawings incorporate a dream like world that embraces such elements as graffiti, aliens, and the people around him.
  • Matt Lock – At once, Lock’s colorful, heavy metal-inspired paintings recall the crudest of notebook doodles with the most epic sci-fi landscapes. They are simple, stunning, and thought provoking.

Devil’s in the Details
April 11 – May 6, 2009
Reception: Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street
Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY (4769)
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David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim at Giant Robot New York!

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deharavathgrnyParsons Illustration alums David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim (co-creators of Ugly Dolls) will be have new works in a show along with Yukinori Dehara at Giant Robot New York.  Here’s the official scoop:

Giant Robot is proud to host Deharavath 2, a group art show featuring the work of Yukinori Dehara, David Horvath, and Sun-Min Kim.

Dehara’s hand-painted clay depictions of debauched salarymen, brutalized gangsters, happy monsters, and other unique figures stand about 5-inches tall. Although the pieces are detailed and glossy, the subtle and intentional flaws of the Japanese artist’s self-described “crummy” style project more humanity than horror, and are oddly sympathetic. His work has garnered a cult of collectors around the world, and is celebrated in books, stickers, and other merchandise. For this show, his subject will be “otaku.”

David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim are best known for creating UglyDolls, the indie plush dolls that have gained a rabid worldwide following and sparked a movement of cool handmade toys. For this show, Sun-Min is preparing otaku-themed paintings and David is drawing a one-of-a-kind storybook–each page sold separately! (Parents and guardians should note that this is not an UglyDolls event, and will contain works intended for a somewhat more mature audience.)

A reception for the artists will be on Saturday, February 7th from 6:30-10:00 p.m. and the show will be up through March 4th, 2009.  Don’t miss it!

Deharavath 2
Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street
Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY (4769)

Last Days: “Crocodile Tears” at Giant Robot NY

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Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists
GRNY, July 19 – August 13, 2008
Reception: Saturday, July 19, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Giant Robot is proud to present Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists at the GRNY Gallery.

Following up on 2007’s hugely popular Look Behind You and Snack Isle group shows, Crocodile Tears will feature a large assortment small works that measure 5″ x 7″ or smaller. Each of the over 50 artists (editor’s note: featuring Parsons Illustration alums and faculty!) will be contributing two to five pieces in his or her own eclectic style. Mediums will range from painting to stitching to drawing to sculpture.

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“Crocodile Tears” at Giant Robot NY

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Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists
GRNY, July 19 – August 13, 2008
Reception: Saturday, July 19, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Giant Robot is proud to present Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists at the GRNY Gallery.

Following up on 2007’s hugely popular Look Behind You and Snack Isle group shows, Crocodile Tears will feature a large assortment small works that measure 5″ x 7″ or smaller. Each of the over 50 artists (editor’s note: featuring Parsons Illustration alums and faculty!) will be contributing two to five pieces in his or her own eclectic style. Mediums will range from painting to stitching to drawing to sculpture.

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Upcoming: Illustration Alum William Buzzell show at Giant Robot NY

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Illustration Alum William Buzzell presents his first solo show in New York –“Class Action,”–opening this weekend at Giant Robot New York. Here’s the official press release:

Working almost entirely with found wood or metal and common latex house paint, Buzzell’s pieces are characterized by a surface of intricate brushwork and often feature three-dimensional elements. William Buzzell dips into the mundane, the practical world and a deep well of popular culture, often using maps, logos, charts, text, and familiar cartoon characters or TV icons to fill every inch of his paintings. A native of Providence, RI, much of Buzzell’s early work was installed on the streets of his hometown and New York under the alias Rotgut.

William’s work was also recently featured in the Illustration Department’s show “Expatriates,” curated by Jordin Isip. Congratulations, William and our thanks to the fine folks at Giant Robot for the information.

William Buzzell’s Class Action
Giant Robot New York
February 16 – March 12, 2008
Reception: Saturday, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
437 East 9th Street
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY