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Giant Robot at the Japanese National Museum

Congratulations to Giant Robot! The Asian pop culture magazine/brand/empire has made it all the way to its monumental 50th issue. To celebrate, they're collaborating with the Japanese American National Museum for a special exhibit showcasing ten cutting-edge artists from around the country: Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues. November 3 through January 13, featuring works by APAK, Gary Baseman, David Choe, Seonna Hong, Sashie Masakatsu, Saelee Oh, Pryor Praczukowski, Souther Salazar, Eishi Takaoka and Adrian Tomine.

This exhibition is the first in the museum's Salon Pop series that includes collaborative displays focusing on Asian American pop culture. Things kick off this Saturday, November 3rd with an Opening Reception at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. For more details on the exhibition, go http://www.janm.org/exhibits/gr50/home. Looks like it's going to be a good time.

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Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas @ MOCA

This looks like an amazing show to see...

Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas
October 21, 2007–January 20, 2008

Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas traces the graphic art made by Emory Douglas while he worked as minister of culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until its discontinuation in the early 1980s. Douglas's powerful visuals helped define the trademark visual style of the group's newspapers, posters, and pamphlets.

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Contemporary Art Issues

"Art can kill
“Eres lo que lees”. You are what you read. The sentence, written with dog food, was displayed on the white wall of an art gallery. Close to that wall, an abandoned and diseased street dog was left tied to a rope and a wire string. An incense burner was placed nearby where, allegedly, crack and cannabis was burnt during the inauguration. Without food and water, the animal died in the gallery during the next day.
It happened in Nicaragua. It was an “installation” by artist Guillermo Vargas, known as Habacuc.
The situation, documented with several images, received a lot of attention on the web and originated an online petition against it’s author that gathers, as I write these words, close to 50.000 signatures."

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Creepiest Commercials

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