Sarah Bodman Selected Gallery of Works

Read With Me. Extending from the experimental book project ‘Read to Me’, this book is the result of: a performative drawing event, readings by a psychometric reader, collages made during lockdown and words assembled from the dissected readings. It was made in tribute to Susan Hiller’s Sisters of Menon (Coracle Press for Gimpel Fils, 1983), and references the size and cover of the original book.

Produced via a remote residency at the London Centre for Book Arts, UK, 2022. Edition of 60, 48 pages, 250 x 180 mm, interior four-colour risograph printed by Esther McManus on Redeem 130gsm recycled paper, relief printed (photopolymer plate) silver ink endpapers and cover, letterpress printed title plate. £30 including P&P worldwide. To purchase please email: Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk

Sarah Bodman and Nancy Campbell have created a new edition of Dinner and a Rose, an artist’s book in homage to the novel The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. This new edition has been created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the last Ripley novel’s publication.

Sarah prepared a delicious, if sinister, dinner, for twelve guests, with a thirteenth place set for the absent Tom Ripley. Every food mentioned by Highsmith was served, from cold chicken in aspic to sole Veronique, and every drink mixed (even Dubonnet!). The dinner lasted over twelve hours. All the night’s conversations were recorded and Nancy used the transcriptions as collage material, creating a series of 18 poems. Sarah photographed Ripley’s setting for each course; images and poems partner each other in the finished work.

Printed by Axminster Printing Company in an edition of 500, September 2021. Text: Nancy Campbell, Image: Sarah Bodman. 21 x 14.8 cm, 40 pages. Digital print with silver detail on Nautilus Classic 135gsm recycled paper. £10 including P&P worldwide.
To purchase please email: Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk

Sarah Bodman – I Made This For You was a solo exhibition for the 15th AMACI – Giornata del Contemporaneo. Curated by Antonio Freiles at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea L. Barbera, Messina, Italy from 12th – 30th October 2019. To celebrate the event, a new artist’s book Lago Cremisi Permanente by Sarah Bodman & Chrystal Cherniwchan was published by Antonio Freiles (1943-2021), available at the exhibition.

Pubblicato in occasione della Mostra Sarah Bodman – I Made This For You, AMACI (Associazione dei Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani) – Quindicesima Giornata del Contemporaneo, a cura di Antonio Freiles, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea “L.Barbera”- Provincia Regionale di Messina. Via XXIV Maggio – Messina, Italy, 12/10/2019 – 30/10/2019

Edition of 100, 105 x 148 mm, 20 pages, October 2019.

Read To Me is an experiment made by the artist in collaboration with a psychometric reader, to transmit the emotional content of selected narratives through a series of physical objects. Ten objects were selected to read chapters of novels, or short stories to. They were then posted to the reader who relayed their messages back to the artist.

Produced at the London Centre for Book Arts, 2018, four-colour risograph print (Cyan, Florescent Pink, Yellow, Black) with Esther McManus. Printed on Redeem 130gsm recycled paper, saddle stitched, envelope with dark pink metallic foiled title in 16pt York type. Edition of 100, July 2018, 20 pages, 105 x 148 mm.

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On 23/04/18, WBN United Artists made their annual World Book Night tribute.

This year we responded to the short story ‘Watching God’ in the collection Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville.

This included a collaborative artist’s book and Found on the Isthmus – World Book Night 2018 project exhibition and video.

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On 23/04/15, the WBN United Artists made our annual World Book Night tribute.

This year we chose Stephen King’s magnificent horror novel The Shining. Our open called asked contributors to read the book and make a miniature model of anything in it. We received entries from Europe and the USA for our collaborative artist’s book and the video that we filmed on the night of 23rd April.

Model makers: Mette-Sophie D. Ambeck, Craig Atkinson, Sarah Bodman, Angie Butler, Si Butler, Nancy Campbell, Anna Cooper, Jeremy Dixon, Lilla Duignan, Sara Elgerot/Rare Autumn, Su Fahy, Hazel Grainger, Charlotte Hall, Paul Laidler, Pauline Lamont-Fisher, Gwen Simpson, Simon Smith, Tom Sowden, Angela Thames, Elisabeth Tonnard, Stephanie Turnbull, Corinne Welch, Linda Williams, Philippa Wood, Clare Wyatt.
Thanks to Paul Laidler for photographing all the models for the archive and the artist’s book, which was sent out to all contributors.

Read more and see the video