Event: The Jizo by Yukinori Dehara @ Giant Robot Los Angeles (June 5)

Giant Robot Los Angeles is proud to host "The Jizo", an art show featuring new work by Yukinori Dehara. An opening reception attended by Dehara will take place from 6:30 - 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 5th, with the show exhibiting thru July 7th. [CLICK THRU for more, including a closer-look at Jizo]

EVENT-PRESS: For this show, Dehara's inspiration will be Jizo, the Buddhist divinity who protects the departed souls of deceased children, babies, and unborn fetuses, whose likeness can be found in cemeteries and on roadsides in Japan. In Dehara's words, these statues are "Japanese stone angels.”"


EVENT-PRESS-CONTINUED: 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 sculpture, photography, and paintings have garnered a cult of collectors around the world, and are celebrated in books, figurines, and other merchandise, as well as by more daring art galleries around the world.


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.

Yukinori Dehara at GR2
June 5 - July 7, 2010
Reception: Saturday, June 5, 6:30 - 10:00 p.m.
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
http://gr2.net/
(310) 445-9276

Source: GR-Facebook Events page