Robots and Animals

Robots and animals are two awesome things that should go together like peanut butter and honey. You don't normally hear about it in the mainstream, but you know it's good and you enjoy it at home or with friends.

I was part of a benefit show last weekend at GR2, which included some really amazing artists (including but not limited to, James Jean, Kozyndan, James Kochalka, Saelee Oh, Souther Salazaar, Luke Chueh, Deth P. Sun, Gary Baseman, Matt Furie, Aiyana Udesen, Rob Sato, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Hellen Jo, Ferris Plock, etc, etc I could go on but I'm getting dizzy from the awesome).

The sales go towards Giant Robot and all other GR related projects, and they need all the help that they can get. Myself and so many other artists owe so much to them for everything they've done for us over the years. Exposure, connections, new experiences, inspiration; I (we) love them so dearly and can't possibly bear to see another GR store close.

Here was my little contribution:

"Gallant" Linocut on Rives BFK, edition of 9!

Stop by and check out the work for yourself! giantrobot.com

Also, I'm curating a show called "We Are All Animals MMXI", it's the second installment to the first, which was called "We Are All Animals" and was held at BAMM.tv in San Francisco. This time, it will be at Felix Kulpa Gallery in Santa Cruz. Lots of awesome folks and ideas, can't wait!!

Here's the lineup so far:

Roxanne Olivia Abell

Ann Altstatt

Olivia Bagdade

Paul Barron

Deena Brabant

Alexis Branger

Louise Chen

Olias Ben El

Justin Jernigan

William Leach

Spencer Harding

Sanaa Kaan

 Lily Nishita

Max Stadnik

Nikita Sorokin

Nuclear Winter

Jack Rabbitt

Wes Modes

Tony Bones

Tom Blanchard

Melody Overstreet

Annelise Kinney

Tim Shriver

Julie Orlick

and more...

With performances by:

Gibbons and the Sluts

This Machine Kills Zombies

more TBA

www.FelixKulpa.com

we are all animals mmxi

Eastern Medicine

I recently vacationed to the other side of the world (Shanghai, China) for my cousin's wedding. I've been a few times before since I have a huge family there, but this time I actually felt like I really embraced the city and the lifestyle. I made extra effort this time to find the parts of Shanghai with the most genuine history. It's becoming harder and harder to find old buildings that haven't been renovated into shopping malls and tourist traps.

Fortunately, my cousin Eddie is into the same stuff as I am, and speaks fluent english, so he took me to his favorite spots around town. We went to a polaroid cafe, the arts district, the french concession, the local fixie kid watering hole, an underground flea/hobby market, and a bike shop (where I bought a sick early 90's "Forever" road frame). He even took me on a late night group bike ride, where I was the only one not riding a fixed gear. After this trip, I feel more connected to Shanghai and my family than ever. Time to seriously learn chinese!

Enough of that sappy shit, here are some instant photos I took while exploring the outskirts of the arts district.

Time Flies

I forgot to mention this little mention of my wood block about the Man on Wire, Philip Petit. I made this print after watching the movie. It's good, you should go watch it too!