Coloured Publishing

September15 - October 24, 2020

The Pit is pleased to announce a new project by Coloured Publishing in our zine shop.  This project will be the final project in this space before an approaching renovation which will convert the shop into a third additional gallery space.  The installation will be an extension of a project titled A Mistake is a Beautiful Thing, which was part of Printed Matter's 2018 NYC book fair.  

Since 2015, Coloured Publishing – a joint project from artist Devin Troy Strother and designer Yuri Ogita – has steadily produced dozens of editioned works, including artists’ books, zines, loose-leaf publications, prints, t-shirts and buttons. Publishing outside institutional standards, the press aims to share ideas about an eclectic range of topics with full autonomy – being people of color in the US, celebrating underappreciated cultural phenomena, and publishing works by their fellow artists. 

The project will include an arrangement of Coloured Publishing's in-print and archival works, on display along with The Pit's publications and shirts. The project also includes an installation of upwards of 250 digital offset prints – wrapping around the walls of the Pit's zine shop. 

These digitally-made collage works speak to aspects of Coloured Publishing’s broader practice and aesthetic, pulling from a range of influences. Often reworking found/internet-sourced imagery and cultural iconography, the works are built up with abstract markings and elements of Strother’s own studio work. Frequently overwritten by short text pieces, the prints are nuanced, energetically-paced and frequently tuned-in to a mode of vernacular storytelling that is both comedic and incisive.

We couldn't be happier to host Coloured Publishing and for this installation and collaboration to serve as the final project in our zine shop.  Look for future announcements about the new gallery and programming in early 2021.