Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard Announces Art Show

With Guided by Voices fans stoked about news of the group's upcoming reunion trek, the timing is perfect for mastermind Robert Pollard -- whose cut and paste artwork has accompanied a number of the band's releases -- to announce his very own New York art show. Slated for the 45 Space in Manhattan's Bowery on Aug. 27 and 28, Pollard's exhibition is being called "The Public Hi-Fi Balloon" and will feature more than 60 of the Dayton, Ohio native's collage pieces.

The event, which will be hosted by Vanity Fair's Executive Online Editor Michael Hogan, promises to incorporate pictures, words and sound. Fans will be able to observe Pollard's own "imaginary record sleeves" and "dreamed up magazines and coffee table books" during the exhibit.

"The visual art of Robert Pollard is uncanny, moving, strange, and it summons a dark melancholy," fan and novelist Rick Moody said in the announcement. "We are lucky to have these riddles to ponder and unlock."

This isn't the first time the GBV frontman will be exposed to the New York art world. Three years ago, visual artist Todd DiCurcio and 'Sopranos' actor Michael Imperioli co-hosted an event called "Do the Collage," which featured the original art for a number of Guided by Voices' album covers.