Event: Adventures in Lollipopland by Buff Monster @ Giant Robot NY (April 17)

PINK goes heavy-metal when Buff Monster does Giant Robot New York [www] on April 17th (thru to May 19th 2010) as you rev up speed and journey along in "Adventures in Lollipopland" ~ featuring new artwork and custom vinyls. A reception featuring the artist will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, April 17. CLICK THRU for full press release, and an advanced look at what to expect from the show! prepare to lick that dark lolly of artevolution!

WHAT: Adventures in Lollipopland by Buff Monster
WHEN: April 17, 2010 - May 19, 2010 (Reception: Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.)
WHERE: 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

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PRESS: Giant Robot is proud to host Adventures in Lollipopland, a show featuring new works by Buff Monster.

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.

In Adventures in Lollipopland, Buff Monster is celebrating "the duality of cute and ice-cream-inspired traditional imagery, along with heavy-metal-inspired darker imagery. Some pieces are cute and fun; others are darker and more Satanic." In contrast to his last show at GRNY, which featured kaiju-inspired characters along with a lot of writing in kanji, he considers this to be a neo traditional show. Pieces are slated to include 3 16" x 16" paintings, 30 10" x 10" wood panels, and some small, fun 7" x 7" pieces, as well as custom toys.

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 the artist will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, April 17.