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Reflecting Back to the Future: Pyramid's 40th Anniversary Exhibition from Pyramid Atlantic
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On View September 17–November 14, 2021
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with an exhibition, Reflecting Back to the Future, featuring treasured archives by many significant artists, curated ... more
Parts of the Body
- Artist book with handcolored etchings, woodcuts, and Weiss letterpress
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9 x 8.75 in
(22.86 x 22.23 cm)
- Buck Downs
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Sold
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Parts of the Body by DC-based poet Buck Downs, printed by Gordan Fluke with images by Helen Frederick, is an extended, yet fragmented, love poem. Parts of the Body is cast in the image of a radio continually returning itself to station after station in a flurry of quotations, interruptions, and talk. Featuring eight etchings and woodcuts, printed on translucent Japanese Okawara and a binding, designed by John Wood and Laurie Snyder, this near weightless artist book becomes a luxurious counterpoint to the frenetic text they accompany. The edition is printed using Weiss type letterpress with a wrapper and box of hand formed paper containing flax fibers from the garden of Pyramid’s Riverdale location.
Collections: George Mason University Fenwick Library Artist Book Collection, Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, Yale University Library, Rhode Island School of Design, and Whitman College.
Printer: Gordon Fluke
Etchings and woodcuts: Helen Frederick
Production Assistants: Arlene Chung, Astrid Helmuth, Bridget Lambert, John Wood
Learn more about the artist:
www.buckdowns.com
- Created: 1993