Giant Robot Biennale 3: The Famed Asian Pop Culture Magazine Is Gone, But Its Art Still Lives, at Japanese American Museum - Los Angeles - Arts - Public Spectacle

Giant Robot Biennale 3: The Famed Asian Pop Culture Magazine Is Gone, But Its Art Still Lives, at Japanese American Museum - Los Angeles - Arts - Public Spectacle: "Inside Giant Robot Biennale 3 at Little Tokyo's Japanese American National Museum, there are rows of glass cases filled with toys. This is the Remix Project. Eighty-five artists from seven different countries, a mix of both newcomers and established custom toy artists, contributed to the effort. Blank kaiju (monster) figures by Uglydolls artist David Horvath were transformed into beasts that were alternately adorable and gruesome. Giant Robot's own Big Boss Robot toy, which, despite its name is actually quite small, was painted a myriad of colors.

In the corner of one of the display cases is a particularly significant work by Luke Chueh, the L.A.-based painter whose anthropomorphic animals have spawned his own line of figures. Chueh gave Big Boss Robot a rusty finish and a few tiny copies of the final issue of the Giant Robot's print magazine, which featured Chueh's art on the cover."...READ MORE