Event: The Monster Within with Buff Monster @ Giant Robot 2 (July 10)
EVENT-PRESS: Giant Robot is proud to host The Monster Within @ GR2 ~ an art show featuring reinterpretations of work by Buff Monster by his friends. 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. An opening reception attended by Buff Monster will take place from 6:30-10:00 pm on Saturday, July 10th. The Monster Within exhibits thru August 4th 2010.
[CLICK THRU for list of participating artists along with artwork previews].
Quite brill this, and I'm always interested to know what an artist thinks of another artist working on his/her own toy figure, especially if it is not meant as a platform toy ... well, at the very least folks'll get to see loads of awesome custom-work done on toys-with-boobies!
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EVENT-TEXT: 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.
The Monster Within
Buff Monster at GR2
July 10 - August 4, 2010
Reception: Saturday, July 10, 6:30 - 10:00 pm
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net
(310) 445-9276
[All info via the Event's Facebook-page]
