Giant Robot in Los Angeles will be having a special in-store appearance by artist and designer Simone Legno of Tokidoki on Wednesday, July 30th from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Legno will be signing his latest collaboration with Mikasa, a limited edition soccer ball complete with a cute skull creation that adorns the surface.
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When we met Souther Salazar back at Art Center he was one of those guys who never stopped drawing. You could tell where Souther had been because his drawings would be on the wall, and the tables, napkins, notebooks, magazines, and and sometimes bits of the wall itself would would be covered in the most amazing little drawings. We were afraid to stand to close to Souther lest we end up a canvas. We think Souther Salazar may only put down the pens to eat, and if we saw him with pen marks all around his mouth we’d be totally unsurprised. Needless to say, when you draw that much, you get pretty good at it.

You can check out Souther Salazar’s latest work at the opening for his new show Make It Real at Giant Robot on Sawtelle in west LA Saturday Oct 13th at 6:30.

Giant Robot started out at as a zine back in the early 90’s and has flourished in to the Asian pop culture force to be reckoned with. The magazine is still great, but giant robot since opened stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, they have become known as the place to find designer toys. They also have have cool t-shirts designed by the likes of Geoff Mcfetridge and lots of hard to find art books and magazines (If you get hungry, they’ve opened a (GR)eats next door to the West LA location on Sawtelle).

But our favorite part are the galleries at each of its retail locations. Giant Robot’s galleries showcase work from some of our favorite artists such as Rachel Sumpter, Jeff Soto, Souther Salazar, and many others.