KARL WIRSUM - "No Dogs Allowed" Exhibition CatalogKarl Wirsum No Dogs Allowed Exhibition Catalog (Corbett vs Dempsey, 2017) This catalog was produced on the occasion of the exhibition KARL WIRSUM No Dogs Aloud April 27 May 27, 2017 First printing, edition of 1,000 Printed on 100# Classic Crest Eggshell cover stock And 100# Endurance Silk text stock 2017 Corbett vs. Dempsey All works Karl Wirsum 2017 Printed in Illinois "In the East Wing, CvsD is proud to bring together one of Karl Wirsums great early

a project where Paolo Di Nola made sumptuous deep house and disco

more vital

self-doubt

" - Feel It

The A-side tracks of the outlines release are filled with intense and overwhelming physicality

switch on malfunctioning synthesizers and beat upon cobbled-together drumkits

but the shifts in recording ambience and context -- at least one song is clearly from a live performance with a slightly talkative audience -- help show this as much as anything

Four fresh trax of BW's signature style industrial funk 'n' paranoid electro shockers for the post-apocalyptic graveyard disco

Bill & Graham both deal in different kinds of tension & discomfort and while this album is both like & unlike what I've heard from either of them

and carries forward the artist's previous drone-work on long-players My Dear Sweet Reluctant Sweetheart and Freedom Ghosts

the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

a voice you could just melt inside