“Robot Carnival” is currently on view at Gallery1988, and has all new works by Dave Pressler and Mark Bryan as well as smaller works by fellow robot-loving artists David Chung, Aaron Jasinski, Gabe Lanza, Geoffrey Gersten, Joshua Ellingson, Lawrence Yang, Shaunna Peterson, and Wade Schin. The gallery is evocative of an old-time carnival including popcorn…

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