Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Buff Monster: The Monster Within Custom-Painted Toy Show at Giant Robot 2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Art show opening
Buff Monster at GR2
July 10 - August 4, 2010
Reception: Saturday, July 10, 6:30 - 10:00
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net
(310) 445-9276
Giant Robot is proud to host The Monster Within, an art show featuring reinterpretations of work by Buff Monster by his friends.
Buff Monster is best known for his wheat-pasted, street art featuring lumps of ice cream, clouds, and squirting breasts. He needs just a few tones to seize your eyeballs--black, gray, white, and pinks--and his disarmingly sweet imagery has spilled over into the worlds of fashion, collectibles, and galleries, as well as collaborations for the likes of The Standard, Hurley, Vans, Helio, and Nike.
For this exhibit, the Los Angeles artist is asking 49 of his artist friends, peers, and colleagues to customize three-inch toys based on his work. Collaborators will come from various fields and countries, and are scheduled to include the following:
Aaron Martin/Angry Woebots, APAK!, Arbito, Matthias Bax/Flying Fortress (Germany), Christopher Bettig, Jon Burgerman (UK), Camilla d'Errico (Canada), Chaz/The London Police (Netherlands), Olivier Cramm/KOA (France), Tristan Eaton, Huck Gee, Godmachine (UK), KaNO, Koji Harmon/Gargamel (Japan), David Horvath/Uglydolls, Mari Inukai, Jay222, Jeremyville (Australia), Kirkland Jue/Toybot Studios, Paul Kaiju, Mike Kelly/Le Merde, Travis Lampe, Joe Ledbetter, Daniel Lim/Fawn Fruits, Travis Louie, Jeremy Madl/MAD, Markie Darkie (Canada), Drew Millward (UK), Miss Mindy, Junko Mizuno (Japan), Brian Morris, Moto (Japan), Mark Nagata, Martin Ontiveros, Alex Pardee, Albert Reyes, Johnny Rodriguez/KMNDZ, Chris Ryniak, Benjamin Salomon, Greg Simkins/Craola, Sket, Skinner, Bwana Spoons, Sucklord, Tado (UK), Uamou (Japan), Michelle Valigura, Amanda Visell, Yoskay Yamamoto
A full-color, limited-edition poster will also be made available to commemorate the event and capture the one-of-a-kind pieces.
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.
An opening reception attended by Buff Monster will take place from 6:30 - 10:00 on Saturday, July 10.
Camilla d'Errico
Chris Ryniak
Le Merde
Miss Mindy
Junko Mizuno
Martin Ontiveros
toybot studios
More pics after the humpty jumpy
arbito
APAK!
Travis Lampe
Mark Nagata
Uamou
Sucklord
Paul Kaiju
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Hey Kirkland, this looks like an awesome show. Do you know if these pieces will be sold online, or will I have to a) find a thoughtful mule or b) hope I can find a cheap plane ticket to L.A.?
I see a couple I'd really like to purchase.
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