Message from jgonzalez
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AnonymousI just got back from visiting the Japanese American National museum this weekend. One of their major exhibits included: Giant Robot Biennale 2: 15 years
The exhibit included installations by David Choe, James Jean, and Souther Salazar, in addition to works by Theo Ellsworth, kozyndan, Stella Lai, Jack Long, Albert Reyes, Jeff Soto, Rob Sato, and Deth P. Sun.
I must admit that I was not aware of Giant Robot which is a bi-monthly magazine of Asian and Asian American popular culture founded by Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong in 1994. I honestly thought the exhibit was going to be about robots in Japanese cutlure.
I must also confess that although I found the exhibit to be interesting I am not really an admirer of Modern Art. I prefer Goya over Warhol any day; please give me metaphor and symbolism over abstracts. I must ask you to forgive my ignorance. I did learn a great deal during my walk through the museum however.[Edit by="jgonzalez on Nov 29, 9:49:20 PM"][/Edit]