cb-mari-b-o-06Visiting at Giant Robot 2 for Mari Inukai‘s opening night of “Marilla Blue and Orange” (October 25 – November 12th). A solo show with beautiful works of paintings and drawings of dreamy, happyland type portraits and characters. It was a super turn out, with many friends and artist coming by. A huge projection screen was displayed in the center of the room with Mari’s animation playing above, so cool. It was so great to see Sena, her daughter, she is portrayed and in many of her works. Mari’s prints, magazine, figures and shirts are also available. Congrats to Mari for an awesome show and opening night. Be sure to visit “Marilla Blue and Orange” going on till November 12th at GR2.
Peace!

The Marilla Blue and Orange exhibition melds two worlds of Mari Inukai. Her expressionistic portraiture, is now blurring and stepping into her other world, the imaginary. Her fictional characters, a team of illustrative creatures, which are part of her canon, appear as headdresses for her portraiture subjects. Facial expressions continue to appear pensive, yet inviting us to wonder. Inukai’s pencil drawings continue in the same direction. We’re proud to exhibit Inukai’s work and hope to share the images with the world. We’ll exhibit both oil paintings and pencil drawings.
(giantrobot.com)

GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 445-9276

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Yoskay Yamamoto, Mari Inukai, Andrew Hem, Sean Chao and Nathan Ota

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