BOOKS
Atlas of the Body Transparent
Atlas of the Body Transparent was a labor of love for Doug Biden who became fascinated with the book making process in the late 90's. He was excited about combining the literal and the visual which he succeeded with his completion of the Atlas book project in the summer of 1997. The lyrics of British poet musician Roy Harper provided the perfect opportunity to express Biden's frustration with what he called, "the human to human atrocities prevailing over this violent century".
Curator Larry Westlake says,"Biden presents us with the multiple choreographed clustered images of the body as the agent and subject of experience, overlapping and inner penetrating each other, standing as symbols of our internalization of the values and functions we experience as conscious objects".
Biden was fascinated and preoccupied with images of the human body and its interior anatomy. "The inherent aesthetic beauty is profound in itself, but I also see this internal world, (that governs life), linking us collectively in terms of our vulnerability, peril and fate. This is due to my own life, (birth and death experiences), and also derives from the current situation of which we see the complex mystery of genetic experimentation".
Atlas has been exhibited in galleries throughout the province of British Columbia and is in the permanent collections of several distinguished library's throughout North America.
To view or inquire about the book please contact Ingrid Abbott at ingrid_abbott@yahoo.ca
Specifications for Atlas of the Body Transparent
14 Limited edition artists books, featuring hand printed etchings, text by Roy Harper, typesetting by Jim Rimmer of Pine Press.
Bound in a brushed aluminum steel box, signed and dated by the artist.
Total Dimensions 45.5 x 106 cm, or 18" x 42" when fully open for display
Editioned at Capilano College Printmaking Institute, July 1997
Funded with the help of Canada Council and the B.C. Arts Council
Atlas is included in the collections of the National Library of Canada, New York Public Art Gallery, Bruce Peel Library, University of Alberta, Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA.
A limited amount of books remain available for sale at $3,200.00
Publications on Doug Biden:
DOUG BIDEN: VISCERAL ALLEGORIES
by Darrin Martens
Burnaby Art Gallery, 2007
This almost 100 page color book includes reproductions of 75 of Doug Biden's modernist works included in the September 2007 BAG exhibition titled, Visceral Allegories. Burnaby Art Gallery Curator Darrin Martins writes a 10 page essay on the period of Biden's work from 1990-2006 which he calls, "a period of great discovery, resolution and synthesis".
Price: $20.00
To order a copy of Visceral Allegories contact the BAG
Burnaby Art Gallery
6344 Deer Lake Avenue
Tel: 604-297-4422
Fax: 604-205-7339
email: <gallery@burnaby.ca>
Atlas of the Body Transparent
