Garret Izumi at the Cartoon Art Museum
On last Tuesday (Jan 25,2005) the Cartoon Art Museum hosted an evening reception for Xeric Grant award winner Garret Izumi. A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area till recently, Garret is a talented cartoonist and author. His latest work is a hand made book called Three Grey Women.
The opening was an intimate affair allowing the attendees to enjoy Garret’s work as well as a wonderful spread of food by Garret’s sister Genelle (pictured above), which included an amazing baked brie and rosemary shortbread. To see what it was all about, visit my GALLERY of photo’s from the event.
Here is the information from the Cartoon Art Museum website:
Small Press Spotlight
featuring Garret IzumiJanuary 22-April 16, 2005
Beginning on January 22, 2005, the Cartoon Art Museum’s ongoing Small Press Spotlight will feature the art of Garret Izumi. This showcase highlights over ten years of Izumi’s career as a self-publisher.
Garret Izumi has been self-publishing since the early 1990s. His work includes photography books, comics and letterpress books. Each book has focused on varying themes ranging from memories to suburbia to life in the nuclear age. In 1994, Izumi received the Xeric Grant to self-publish Strip Down.
Izumi’s latest book, Three Grey Women, is a letterpress accordion-style book. Three Grey Women is the retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa. The story explores sight and vision and how our world is defined by what we see.
In addition to self-publishing, Garret Izumi has had his work featured in anthologies published by Fantagraphics, Top Shelf, Kitchen Sink, Cat Head and Slave Labor Graphics. Izumi’s work has also been featured in the Japanese manga, OPEN, published by Kodansha.
Garret Izumi was born and raised in Los Angeles. He received his BA from UCLA and MFA in Fine Art Photography from California Institute of the Arts.
The opening reception for this exhibit takes place on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 from 7:00 to 9:00pm. The reception is free and open to the public.
Follow this link to see samples of Garret’s comic strip The Big Bang .
Be sure to check out the exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum from January 22 through April 16,2005.
Nice photos, Brian. it was great to see you and everyone else who turned out to support Garret and his excellent work. It had been quite a long time since I’d managed to make an event. The CAM is doing a great job of supporting some of the best local artists, and the permanent and rotating exhibits are of the highest standard. In the McSweeny’s exhibit, I particularly enjoyed seeing how much whiteout KAZ uses - and there was me thinking his stuff looked so off-the-cuff!
Chuck W.
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