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the finch gallery presents the work of noah berlatsky and bert stabler
half-assed palimpsest
17 july - 16 august 2008

opening receptions held 17 and 19 july, thursday and saturday evening from 6 - 11 pm.

"half-assed palimpsest" will include zines, comics, and art created by bert stabler and noah berlatsky during a decade of living in chicago. by presenting a range of collaborative and individual works, the show will focus on the long-term results of influence, criticism, and heterogeneous interpenetration in the formation of a (more or less) shared artistic vision founded on all three.

the heart of the exhibition will be a series of collaborative comics and illustrated stories, with text by berlatsky and art by stabler. created between 1999 and 2007, each of these pieces is focused on narrative as a rotting, somewhat exquisite corpse, to which image, word, and overflowing egos can be liberally stapled. in addition, the show will include a range of zines and artwork done by either berlatsky or stabler with the consultation, critique, or inspiration, but not necessarily the direct help, of the other.

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