Shin Tanaka x Scion x Giant Robot

Few automotive brands know how to tap into the urban art scene like Scion, the hip entry-level marque by Toyota USA. Recently, Scion teamed up with Giant Robot Magazine and Japanese artist Shin Tanaka to offer the artist's signature cut and fold paper toys in the magazine's issues 56, 57 and soon to be released 58, which hits newsstands on 9 February, 2009. One of …

Artist Femke Hiemstra

Femke Hiemstra's beautifully rendered and haunting images transcend those of typical neo-surrealist fairytale artists. Her mixed-media paintings and graphite drawings of anthropomorphized fruits, vegetables, toy parts, and animals reference retro packaging from around the world. They have an expressive complexity about them, encompassing entire narratives within single panels.

Kathy Grayson & Vanessa Prager: Hunting and Gaming

Exploring the nature of sinister play, "Hunting and Gaming" by artists Kathy Grayson and Vanessa Prager is currently on view at the Robert Berman Gallery. Grayson and Prager's collaborative exhibit is a perspicacious look at childhood and growing up in today's world. New York-based Kathy Grayson plays with memory and technology, creating distorted works that feature old family photographs re-imagined with early video gaming effects …