So anybody who knows me, or follows this blog knows that I love heavy metal. Sure I've had my little flings with old school rap, and electronic music, but my heart belongs to metal music. It's my comfort food of music. When things are looking bad, or I just need to psyche myself up, metal always does it. That's the idea behind the Metal Mad opening this weekend. A hell yes, get psyched, fists in the air creative celebration of the power of this style of music. Art openings are always exciting. It's fun to see the work as it comes in, get it up on the walls and looking great, and share it with everybody else. This one is particularly exciting though. As a good friend once put it "metal recognizes metal", meaning that metalheads share a certain bond over this music. That bond was evident in the excited responses we received from artists who were invited to be in the show, and their love for metal is shining through in some really spectacular artwork. The talent pool involved is incredible, and I am finding myself seriously amped up. Do yourselves a favor, and come check the show out when it opens this Saturday, February 6th at 6:30. No emos, wimps, or posers.

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Here's an early look at some of the work that's going to be in our upcoming Metal Mad show at GRNY. Looking amazing already, and this is just the beginning! Stay tuned for more previews in the build towards the show!


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -
Group Art Show Opening

Metal Mad

February 6, 2010 - March 3, 2010
Reception: Saturday, Februrary 6, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.

Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net

Giant Robot is proud to host Metal Mad, a group art show featuring works inspired by the head-banging, guitar-driven, amps-to-11 musical genre owned by the misunderstood.

While all artists will share a love of shredding guitar and bone-shaking volume, their styles and mediums will be as different as dark metal, black metal, speed metal, thrash, grindcore, and stoner rock. Contributors come from America, Asia, and Europe:


Aeron Alfrey
Chris Bettig
Bigfoot
Aaron Brown
Buff Monster
Michael Coleman
Louie Cordero
Cupco
Tom Forget
Noel Freibert
French
Matt Furie
Joe The Artist
Paul Lyons
Jeremiah Maddock
Kiyoshi Nakazawa
Tom Neely
Matt Nelson
Eric Nyquist
Martin Ontiveros
Prodip
Brian Ralph
Albert Reyes
Scrappers
Skinner
Ryan Jacob Smith
Bwana Spoons
Hannah Stouffer

Works will include illustration, paintings, three-dimensional modeling, and other forms, and palettes will range from stark, evil black-and-white to bright, concert poster-inspired colors. And, yes, the art will totally rule.

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 featuring many of the artists will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, February 6.

For more information about the artists, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact:

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

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