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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:50:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rich Turiel
To: Strong-Lions <strong-lions@...>
Subject: Robert Pollard Town Of Mirrors Art Exhibit and Book Release Party

Been talked about in other posts but here is the official release.
Come on down and hang! Bob and myself will both be there.

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS & MERGE RECORDS PRESENT:

TOWN OF MIRRORS:
A Robert Pollard
Book Release Party and
Art Exhibition

MERGE RECORDS HQ
Friday, August 15, 6PM

DURHAM, N.C. --- The Merge Records HQ will be hosting Dayton, Ohio's
Robert Pollard on Aug. 15th for Town of Mirrors, an art exhibition and
book release party celebrating the release of Town of Mirrors: The
Reassembled Imagery of Robert Pollard, to be published in August by
Seattle's Fantagraphics Books. Town of Mirrors will be the inaugural
art show in Merge's downtown Durham office as part of Durham's Third
Friday, a monthly downtown arts and culture "crawl."

The forthcoming Town of Mirrors coffee table art book will premiere at
the event, with many of the actual collages from the collection
hanging in the show alongside several new works. The Reassembled Art
of Robert Pollard collects the very best of Pollard's visual art and
lyrics/poetry from his storied career. Featuring over 180 of Pollard's
favorite collages, hand-picked by the artist, as well as over a dozen
new collages produced exclusively for this book, Town of Mirrors is
the first comprehensive collection of Pollard's visual art ever
released. Original artwork and copies of the book will be available
for purchase.

Listing info:

WHO: Robert Pollard
WHAT: Town of Mirrors Book Release Party & Art Exhibition
WHEN: Friday, August 15th @ 6pm
WHERE: Merge Records HQ
409 E. Chapel Hill St. Durham, NC

Robert Pollard is the Dayton, Ohio singer-songwriter, who was the
leader and creative force behind the legendary rock group Guided by
Voices, one of the most influential bands of its generation (SPIN
magazine recently named Pollard one of "The Top 50 Rock & Roll Front
Men of All-Time"). Town of Mirrors is his first book.

In addition to being a revered songwriter and recording artist,
Pollard is a gifted and prolific visual artist, working mostly in the
medium of collage. His work has been exhibited at Michael Imperioli's
Studio Dante in New York and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in
Cleveland. He has created the covers to almost every Guided By Voices
record and countless other Pollard-related releases.

Robert Pollard released four records on Merge, the most recent of
which, Coast to Coast Carpet of Love and Standard Gargoyle Decisions,
were released in October 2007. Mr. Pollard most recently released
Robert Pollard is Off to Business on his own Guided By Voices, Inc
label. He was a fourth grade schoolteacher until 1994, when Guided by
Voices first broke into the national consciousness with the release of
the album Bee Thousand. With over 900 songs registered to his name
with BMI, Pollard is among the most prolific and acclaimed songwriters
of his time.

Town of Mirrors is published by Seattle's Fantagraphics Books, best
known as North America's premiere publisher of graphic novels and
comic strips.

Please send press inquiries regarding this event to Christina Rentz at
christina@... and for more information about Town of
Mirrors, contact Eric Reynolds at Reynolds@... or
206.524.1967. A selection of digital imagery is available.

Book Info:

Town of Mirrors: The Reassembled Imagery of Robert Pollard
By Robert Pollard
Introduction by Rick Moody
$29.99 Hardcover
Music / Art
144 pages, full-color, 10" x 10"
ISBN 978-1-56097-924-1
PUBLICATION DATE: Aug. 15, 2008

Rich


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