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SUMMARY:Guy Colwell: Go Figure Book Launch
LOCATION:Central Library\nCentral Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us with Guy Colwell\, celebrating the release of his new 
 book "Go Figure: Figurative Social Surrealist Paintings" .\nhttps://berkel
 eypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/14139639
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Guy Colwell\, a resident of Berkeley\, is 
 a painter and cartoon artist who is best known for his role in the undergr
 ound comics scene\, working extensively as an illustrator\, cartoonist and
  color artist for underground newspapers and publishers from the 1970s int
 o the 1990s. His publications include his bestselling series\, the groundb
 reaking <a href="https://catalog.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/?section=resour
 ce&amp\;resourceid=5473173&amp\;currentIndex=1&amp\;view=fullDetailsDetail
 sTab"><em>Inner City Romance</em></a>\, up to 2024's <em><a href="https://
 catalog.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/?section=resource&amp\;resourceid=126876
 0333&amp\;currentIndex=3&amp\;view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Delights: A Stor
 y of Hieronymus Bosch</a>\,</em> which imagined the creative process of th
 e influential medieval painter.</p>\n<p>In addition to his body of work in
  illustration and comics\, Guy is an <a href="https://catalog.berkeleypubl
 iclibrary.org/?section=resource&amp\;resourceid=7926730&amp\;currentIndex=
 0&amp\;view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">accomplished and unique painter</a>\, w
 ho's active and vivid canvases are "teeming with life\, sparkling with col
 or\, rich in observational and sharp social commentary" (Fantagraphics).</
 p>\n<p>His new book\, <em>Go Figure: Figurative Social Surrealist Painting
 s</em>\, collects 44 "figurative paintings\, spanning 1987&ndash\;2023. Al
 l are in eye-popping color: many depict a crowd in observational tableaux\
 , each figure a character by virtue of dress\, body language\, and interac
 tions with each other\, animals\, and their setting" (Fantagraphics). From
  paintings grounded in the reality of his travels\, to surreal imagination
 s\, his work shows an individual breadth and voice. Come hear him speak in
  person to celebrate the release of this new collection of his work.</p>\n
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