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1/9/2010 - 2/10/2010 at Giant Robot
Reception: Saturday, January 9, 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Giant Robot is proud to present Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That, a solo show featuring new works by Philip Lumbang.
The Sacramento-born, Los Angeles-based artist has made a name for himself by painting what has been become known as "polite bears" on public walls around Los Angeles. Providing contrast to typically macho graffiti, his life-sized characters wave, smile, and are accompanied by word balloons that say things like "Have a nice day" and "Don't worry, be happy." While the warmth-inducing pieces are bold enough to smite passers-by in buses, bikes, and cars, closer inspection reveals a painterly hand. What might be mistaken for stencils from afar turn out to be the products of a confident brush worthy of a gallery setting.
For his first solo show in San Francisco, Lumbang is preparing more than 30 mixed-media works featuring his trademark bears, as well as elephants, raccoons, and other creatures. In his studio work, he often incorporates found metal, wood, and other materials--transforming junk into vessels of hope the same way he affects the urban environment of his adopted hometown.
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.
Venues
Happening today
March 12th, 2010
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Reception
Group show, It's a Sign
7:00pm - 9:00pm at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
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Group show
Cupcakes & Creatures
through 3/12/2010 at BellJar
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pick
Performance Art in Front of an Audience Ought to be Entertaining
through 3/13/2010
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Lauren Frances Adams
Bitter Harvest
through 4/4/2010 at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
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Game Over III
through 4/14/2010 at Giant Robot
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Group show
Alchemy
through 4/24/2010 at Southern Exposure
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Alison Pebworth
Beautiful Possibility
through 4/24/2010 at Southern Exposure
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Miriam Böhm
Inventory
through 4/24/2010 at Ratio 3
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L@TE: Friday Nights - L@TE NOISE with Caroliner
7:30pm - 9:00pm at Berkeley Art Museum
What’s new
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TGIT
3/25/2010 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Kala Art Institute and Gallery
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John DiPaolo
New Paintings
4/1/2010 - 5/29/2010 at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
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Sean McFarland, James Sterling Pitt
The Sea All Around Us
3/13/2010 - 4/4/2010 at Sight School
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Tom Bills, Caroline Cox, Mitra Fabian
New Cast Concrete and Steel Sculpture
3/16/2010 - 4/24/2010 at Don Soker Contemporary Art
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Group show
Cream, from the top
3/20/2010 - 4/18/2010
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pick
Performance Art in Front of an Audience Ought to be Entertaining
3/12/2010 - 3/13/2010
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At Bay
3/10/2010 - 3/20/2010 at Worth Ryder Art Gallery
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Security
3/10/2010 - 3/27/2010 at Root Division
Happenstand is a lackadaisical venture
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