Todd Colby
I Will Not Be Coming Into Work
Today
Bureau Gasser
Friday 10/13 to Saturday10/14
Opening Friday October 13,
6am-8pm
Artist, poet, and performer Todd
Colby will be showing his recent paintings and works on paper at Bureau Gasser
for one day only on Friday, October 13 from 10am-8pm with an opening reception
from 6pm-8pm. Colby's 11" x 14" paintings are gestural, visceral, and
chromatically electric. Colby veers masterfully from abstraction to figuration
and often includes words and phrases in his paintingsthat serve as both captions and
commands. This will be Colby's third solo show of his art and his first at
Bureau Gasser.
Todd Colby has published six books of
poetry. Most recently, he is the author of Splash State (The
Song Cave, 2014), and Flushing Meadows (Scary Topiary Press,
2012). His earlier books include: Ripsnort, Cush, Riot
in the Charm Factory: New and Selected Writings, and Tremble &
Shine, all published by Soft Skull Press. His work has been
broadcast nationally on PBS, NPR, Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac,
and KCRW’s Bookworm, hosted by Michael Silverblatt. He was the
lead singer for the critically acclaimed band Drunken Boat. Todd is a frequent
collaborator with artist Marianne Vitale, and the art collective Kunstverein.
His books and paintings with the artist David Lantow can be seen in the
Brooklyn Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art special collections
libraries and Picture Room in Brooklyn, NY. Colby has given readings at Maison
de la Poesie (Paris), Oxfam Books (London), The Poetic Research Bureau (Los
Angeles), The Public Theater, Performa 13, The Poetry Project, The Whitney
Museum of American Art, The Rubin Museum, New York University, The New
School for Social Research, OMI Arts Center, Brooklyn Public Library, Cornell
University, Dia Foundation, MoMA PS1, PS 122, and more.
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