Its unfortunate, but true... Philip Lumbangs murals face threats that normally are reserved for the gang affiliated graffiti, or otherwise less narrative graffiti markings. The mural he did on our side door here at GRSF had to be painted over, as the city does not allow for 'graffiti' to be posted on businesses... and now in LA, Lumbang's mural over in Silverlake is in danger of being covered....
Just more of a reason to get one of his art pieces in our current show, 'Little Bit of this, Little bit of that...', cause at least then you can keep his work from being covered!
Here is the link to the article on boing-boing detailing the proposed paint-over in Silverlake - link

And heres a timelapse video of Philip Lumbang creating the mural: link

Get your Philip Lumbang artwork now, before it gets painted over!




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Art Show

Rob Sato at GRSF
February 13, 2010 - March 9, 2010
Reception: Saturday, February 13, 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

GRSF
618 Shrader Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
gr-sf.com
415-876-4773

Giant Robot is proud to present Junk History, a solo show featuring new works by Rob Sato.

Los Angeles-based artist Rob Sato produces rich, detailed imagery, mixing scenes of stark horror, quiet beauty, and humor. His heavily yet subtly narrative paintings tend to walk in a tense space between the observed and imagined world, and the massive amount of back story evident in every image rewards long, hard looks.

"Junk History will feature both the largest and the smallest paintings I've ever worked on. I'm working furiously to finish a few huge pieces by show time, there will be some prints of past favorites, and I've kept making a bunch of these tiny paintings that somewhat ape the look of slide film," says Sato. "What comes out is an unexpected mass of paper machines which seem to work pretty well despite being a bit clunky and bound together with spit and string. Some of them crash pretty hard, but those only get shown if they crash hilariously."

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.

A reception for the artist will be held from 6:30 - 10:00 on Saturday, February 13. For more information about Sato, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact:

Eric Nakamura
Giant Robot Owner/Publisher
eric@giantrobot.com
(310)) 479-7311

Starting this Saturday, January 16th all Giant Robot stores are having a fantastic 20% (and more) off sale. This is Giant Robot's way of thanking our loyal fanbase for their support all these years. The sale is storewide, so there's something for everyone. Not to be missed!

Labels: Giant Robot, Giant Robot Magazine, Giant Robot New York, Giant Robot San Francisco, GR1, GR2, GRLA, GRNY, GRSF, Sale, Storewide

From Vimby.com - Video in My Backyard is Luke, your host standing at GRSF. He says it all nicely.

Philip Lumbang new artwork for his show "Little bit of this, Little bit of that" is now available in our online gallery.
Check out his famous polite bears, and get one for yourself!
And you haven't been in yet to see the show in person, come by soon!
Check the show out here!

Thank you to everyone who came out, a great opening night for a great show.
Come in soon and check it out!

Created with flickr slideshow.

Philip Lumbang left his stamp on GRSF today, filling the gallery with his artwork, and leaving a few friends painted on the walls too.
His show opens tomorrow night here at GRSF, 6:30pm till 10pm.
Check out the preview below, and come by tomorrow for opening!

Philip Lumbang hit the airwaves yesterday on Pirate Cat Radio here in SF, promoting his solo show opening this Saturday!
Check it out here, and be here at GRSF this Saturday from 6:30pm-10pm to check out his show, he'll be taking over the entire gallery!