Suzan Frecon: The Light Factory
Word count: 107
Paragraphs: 6
Suzan Frecon, two blues 1, 2024. Oil on linen. © Suzan Frecon/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner
David Zwirner
August 30—October 4, 2025
Paris
Mourning warbler
I cannot see to the bottom
of this color
that refuses its name, turns
conjecture back
on itself, as if to say here
is here and there
there. Where there is
separation is
time, its ambivalence
you can feel
about as you will—
insignificant,
hurt, awestruck—
projection
is also an invitation
into the self,
not that anyone asked.
But broad, bold being in what it is,
this color cuts clean
through the milk of stories
like the pain
of a simple fact. Only facts
are never simple,
and you can never see to the bottom
Jacob Bromberg is a multi-media poet and translator. His work has appeared in/been exhibited at the Louvre, The Paris Review, The Brooklyn Rail, Yvon Lambert, e-flux, the Palais de Tokyo, MUCEM, The Believer, Le Monde, Mouvement, and the Fiorucci Art Trust’s Volcano Extravaganza among other venues. He was The Brooklyn Rail’s inaugural Poet-in-Transit and his collaboration with Camille Henrot, Grosse Fatigue, won the Silver Lion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.