[GBW] Artist Book Exhibition by Sarah Bodman in March in Portland, OR

[Eric Alstrom GBW Communications Chair <communications@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: Laura Russell <laura@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: February 24, 2009 3:39:23 PM GMT-05:00
> To: Laura Russell <laura@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Another Press Release for March!
>
> PRESS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Contact:  Laura Russell • 23 Sandy Gallery
> Phone:  503-927-4409
> Email: laura@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Titles of Exhibition:  Lady Vengeance – Artist Books by Sarah Bodman
> Dates:  March 6 - 28, 2009
> Location:  23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232
> Gallery Hours:  Thursday-Saturday, Noon - 6:00 p.m. and by appointment
> Gallery Web Site:  www.23sandy.com
> Press Images: http://www.23sandy.com/Press.html
>
> VENGEANCE AWAITS AT 23 SANDY GALLERY IN MARCH
> PORTLAND — 23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to present Lady Vengeance –  
> Artist Books by British Artist Sarah Bodman. This is our second  
> show for March and will be presented in our back gallery March 6 –  
> 28, 2009.
> Bodman’s inspiration is the darker side of nature, human nature and  
> history. Like a beautiful poisonous flower, her limited edition,  
> handmade books open with images that lure the viewer in by making  
> the subject look attractive. Using techniques such as screen- 
> printing, letterpress, watercolor and now predominately digital  
> photography, Bodman explores historical events, manipulating them  
> to reinterpret the notions of nature (and human nature) as  
> something beautiful and safe. But, what lies beneath must be, of  
> course, very sinister.
> For example, her book, Livia’s Garden, is a tour of the garden of  
> Livia, the wife of Augustus Caesar, who used her knowledge of  
> “medicinal” plants to remove any obstacles that threatened the  
> stability of the Imperial family in Rome. In another edition,  
> Viola, Bodman brought us the fictional account of a serial killer  
> baker, who developed such a taste for parties that she began to  
> arrange certain events in order to bake and ice more cakes.
> These meticulously crafted books often include the object that  
> inspired the book. For her title, Cuttings, the artist included a  
> rusty gardening tool in each box; others books have included glass  
> sugar crushers or have been made from pulped clothing. The  
> Collector uses a set of botanical slides from c. 1920, which were  
> in Bodman’s words, “obviously some amateur botanist’s personal set,  
> which had been dumped in a rubbish skip. The slides with human skin  
> and hair were perfect for the book.”
> Bodman is Research Fellow at the Centre for Fine Print Research at  
> the University of West England in Bristol where she runs projects  
> investigating and promoting contemporary book arts. She is the  
> editor of the Artist's Book Yearbook and The Blue Notebook, a  
> journal for artist books; and writes a regular news column on  
> artist books for ARLIS UK, Ireland News-Sheet and the journal  
> Printmaking Today. Bodman is the author of Creating Artists’ Books  
> published by Watson-Guptill in 2007.
> Bodman’s artist books are included in many international  
> collections such as Tate Britain, the British Library, the V & A  
> Museum, All Saints Library and Winchester School of Art, UK; Joan  
> Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Yale Centre for British Art, MOMA,  
> Brooklyn Museum of Art, Mills College and Rhode Island School of  
> Design, USA; Museum van het Boek and AKI (ArtEz) The Netherlands;  
> Biblioteca Casanatense, Italy; Southern Cross University, Lismore  
> and Institute of the Arts, Canberra, Australia.
> Gallery hours are Thursday-Saturday, Noon to 6:00 p.m.
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>
> For more information, contact Laura Russell, 503-927-4409 or  
> laura@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> The attached photograph is a web ready images for press and media  
> usage. A print-ready image at 300 dpi can be downloaded at http:// 
> www.23sandy.com/Press.html
> Credit line for attached images: The Collector © Sarah Bodman.
>  Thank you!
>




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