A Friday night poetry reading at Bart’s with poet, publisher, and gallerist Geoffrey Young in tandem with the West Coast premiere of The Figures, a documentary on his work, at the Ojai Playhouse on Sunday, April 13th

Poet, publisher, gallerist, artist Geoffrey Young eschewed the traditional route of climbing the establishment ladder, instead operating in parallel. Yet he is no outsider artist. His thumb has always been on the pulse of the avant-garde, whether in art or poetry.  Read more about his work on Hyperallergic.com

The Figures began as a small literary press in Berkeley but it continually charted new territory, championing one of the most influential movements in latter 20th century literature — “language poetry.” And The Geoffrey Young Gallery always shined a light on young artists just breaking onto the scene. Perhaps Geoffrey Young, instead, is the ultimate insider artist. A true poet’s poet. Certainly a significant figure worthy of a closer look. 

Nadia Szold’s documentary The Figures: An Abstract on Geoffrey Young traverses the studios of artists & writers in his orbit as they dive into a freewheeling volley on the art making practice, lineages and the essence of time & language itself.

Get tickets to the Sunday, April 13th 7:00pm screening of The Figures at the Ojai Playhouse here