The Dead

Canadian photographer Jack Burman has created a hypnotic collection of still-lifes of long-departed but painstakingly preserved people, specimens and skeletons—dehumanized but very human; flawed but very beautiful. Exquisitely captured, Burman’s post-mortem documentation addresses not only death, but the lives that came before.

“The photographs are shocking in their intimacy. With clear respect in their representation, Jack Burman works excruciatingly close to their humanity, and to their death.” Taken from the foreword by Martha Hanna, Director of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

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Exhibition & Book Launch

• Exhibition:
  June 10-July 10, 2010
  Clint Roenisch
  944 Queen Street West
  Toronto, ON, Canada M6J 1G8
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• Opening reception:
  Wednesday, June 9 from 7-9 pm, artist in attendance
• The Dead book signing
  Saturday, June 12, 2-4 pm at Clint Roenisch
• Special dinner with the artist:
  Wednesday, June 16, 6 pm — only 20 seats available
  Includes signed book in hand-crafted wood box & signed, limited edition print
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• View installation shots from the exhibition

Media Coverage

• The Dead by Jack Burman: Interview by Nozlee Samadzadeh (Morning News, Jul 26, 2010)
• Art Agenda: Jack Burman at Clint Roenisch (Blog.to, Jul 5, 2010)
• Jack Burman: The Dead (Dark Dissolution, Jul 1, 2010)
• The secrets of the dead: Canadian photographer Jack Burman looks for meaning in preserved bodies (CBC.CA/Arts, Jun 14, 2010)
• Jack Burman: Facing, and facing, death (Toronto Star, Jun 12, 2010)
• Jack Burman: Book of the Dead (National Post, Jun 8, 2010 - also posted to CanWest News Service)
• Death Becomes Him (Magenta Magazine, Spring 2010)

Purchasing Information:

The Dead by Jack Burman
Foreword by Martha Hanna
Interview by Robert Enright
Hardcover, 7 1/4" × 10 1/2", 128 pages
52 photographs, full-colour throughout
isbn 978-1-926856-00-1
Published by The Magenta Foundation
Books can be bought on the Magenta Foundation website and at Clint Roenisch.

There are three ways to collect The Dead:

1. Signed book inside a hand-crafted wood box accompanied by a signed, limited edition print: $300. This special, numbered edition is limited to 100 copies.
2. Book in a hand-crafted wood box: $125.
3. Hardcover book alone: $50.

Order online through PayPal (PayPal account not needed — they also accept credit cards):

	Signed book in box with print	Book in box	Book only
Ordering from Canada	$300.00 + $15.00 shipping (CAD)	$125.00 + $15.00 shipping (CAD)	$50.00 + $8.00 shipping (CAD)
Ordering from the US	$300.00 + $20.00 shipping (USD)	$125.00 + $20.00 shipping (USD)	$50.00 + $12.00 shipping (USD)

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