ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

This weekend, Giant Robot reclaims the “zodiac” from California’s Zodiac Killer and brings it all back home in the form of a group art show in Los Angeles. The Year of the Ox show celebrates the year 4707 on the lunar calendar. Pieces will include illustration, oils, pencils, prints, watercolor, sculpture, and other media “all dedicated to the hardest-working animal of the Chinese zodiac cycle.” Contributors will include (but are not limited to) the following: Apak!, Andrice Arp, Charlie Becker, Robert Bellm, Christopher Bettig, Bigfoot, Aaron Brown, Buff Monster, Shawn Cheng, Catia Chien, Luke Chueh, Eleanor Davis, Dutch Door Press, Katherine Guillen, Clement Hanami, Brent Harada, Lizz Hickey, David Horvath, Michael Hsiung, Levon Jihanian, Kaori Kasai, Dan-Ah Kim, Le Merde, Benjamin Lee, Daniel Lim, Little Friends of Printmaking, Justin Morrison, Joel Nakamura, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, Tom Neely, Mylan Nguyen, Martin Ontiveros, John Pham, Silvio Poretta, Jesse Reklaw, Albert Reyes, Brian Rush, Shizu Saldamando, Emilio Santoyo, Ryan J. Smith, Deth P. Sun, Ryohei Tanaka, Daria Tessler, Elisabeth Timpone, Joe To, Edwin Ushiro, Michelle Valigura and Amanda Visell.

A reception will take place from 6:30 – 10PM on Saturday, March 14. The show runs through April 14th. Here are a few preview pics.

Unfortunately, GR’s other LA location in Silverlake will be closing its doors. So shop it up while it’s still there.