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3/18/2022: Directions to Another Day

Colin Fleck’s first-ever solo show runs from March 18th- April 29th, 2022, at Fracas Gallery located in Studio 601 at Mana Contemporary in Chicago Illinois.

“You are invited to the opening reception of “Directions to Another Day,” a solo show of new paintings by Chicago-based artist Colin Fleck. The reception is on Friday, March 18, from 6-8 pm.

The paintings in Colin Fleck’s solo show “Directions to Another Day” embrace open-ended storytelling. Fleck creates narrative-driven paintings that are paused in media res, asking viewers to imagine the before and after of each scene. The childlike and fantastical whimsy in Fleck’s work calls on viewers to come closer through his play on iconography and text—recognizable and legible but re-signified by their juxtapositions and the respective mediums from which they were created. The figures, in particular, draw us back to our childhood, perhaps the only constant across each work. The figures tug at our childlike curiosity and wonder. With joy, however, its antipode, pathos, emerges. Fleck’s paintings are semiotic puzzles that beckon viewers into story creation—indeed, stories abound in and among the paintings in “Directions to Another Day.”

Fracas Gallery is located in the Mana Contemporary building, on the sixth floor in Studio 601. Please comply with Mana's COVID safety protocols.

Please email info@flxst.co for questions or inquiries.

Fracas Gallery is FLXST Contemporary's sister gallery, devoted to showing artists pushing the boundaries of their artistic practice.”

(excerpt taken from the galleri’s social media account)

Interview with Fleck can be found here: Interview

More info can be found here.

12/25/2021: London Paint Club’s Best of 2021

Colin’s painting Restless Wanderer was included in Lindon Paint Club’s show, Best of 2021.

The digital showcase may be viewed here.