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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:57:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rich Turiel
To: Postal Blowfish <postal-blowfish@...>
Subject: Robert Pollard Debut Art Exhibit In December

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

STUDIO DANTE, New York City- "Do The Collage", the
debut art exhibit featuring the noted collage works of
Robert Pollard, will be held December 9th and 10th,
2007.

Pollard's exhibition will consist of more than 50
collages that date from 1990 through 2007. Using
collage elements from 1930's - 60's era magazines,
pamphlets and found obscure pictoral paperbacks as his
primary tool, he portrays allegorical personas and
hallucinogenic-type environments to create small,
almost random synapses of unmistakable compositions
with sardonic titles, each serving as a story unto
itself. The Artist's media utilizes the archetypes of
the working class, becoming pawn deities and martyrs
found within the strata of near fantasy religion and
the collective unconscious.

Do The Collage is being hosted by two close friends of
Pollard: visual artist Todd DiCiurcio and actor
Michael Imperioli, who, along with his wife Victoria,
are the Artistic Directors of Studio Dante.

Pollard is the former leader of indie rock legends
Guided By Voices and at present, solo recording
artist. One of Spin Magazine's "Top 50 Rock & Roll
Front Men of All-Time", he is a prolific songwriter,
and a gifted visual artist, working exclusively in the
medium of collage. Pollard has created the art
featured on a majority of the Guided By Voices records
and countless other Pollard-related releases. The
cover collage for 1997's Guided By Voices record "Mag
Earwhig" was displayed in the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. His art will be the subject
of a 2008 Fantagraphic Books release, "Town of Mirrors
: The Reassembled Imagery of Robert Polllard."

Under the artistic leadership of Michael & Victoria
Imperioli, Studio Dante is a not-for-profit,
off-broadway theatre conceived and built to house
progressive new plays in a setting inspired by the
grand architecture and design of traditional 19th
Century venues. Studio Dante is located at 257 29th
Street (between 7th and 8th Avenue) in Manhattan.
Opening night is Sunday December 9th from 6 PM to 10
PM and the exhibit will continue thru Monday, December
10th from 12 Noon to 10 PM.

For more details on "Do The Collage" please contact
Rich Turiel, rnt65@.../773-580-0479

If official an "Do The Collage" image is needed please
email rnt65@...

Opening night invitation to follow

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