Tom Olson
April 6-29, 2018
Truer than True
the absurd, by spending countless hours drawing hundreds of pages to arrive at a profound six seconds. With titles like “The Beast and the Lightning Bolt,” “How the Sun Becomes the Moon,” and “What Maps Do When Nobody’s Looking,” Olson manages to weave together whimsy and high-minded ideas in seamless fashion.
Olson created his flipbooks decades ago in a bygone era of New York, before launching a successful career as an attorney in Washington, DC, where he continues the practice of law today. These recently discovered pieces still feel just as fresh as they did when they were first created. He is, for the first time since 1979, sharing his old treasures again and making brand new work. This will be the first showing of these small treasures in the artist’s own part of the country.
