LIBRARIES

Libraries have been important throughout history as repositories for knowledge, and sometimes the books they contain have been banned and burned when communities are threatened by this very knowledge.

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His Library While There. Ontario, Canada, 1983. Photo by Margot Geist.

miscellaneous materials

18 x 26 x 6 in. (46 x 67 x 16 cm)

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Burned Library. New Mexico, 1989

wood, beeswax, scrolled book pages, paint

6 x 9 x 4 in. (16 x 24 x 11 cm)

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The Netherlands retrospective installation of Libraries. 2015. Photo by Bert Janssen.

note: The two individual Library sculptures shown in the photos above this one were included as part of a larger installation work (shown in this photo) in my 2015 Netherlands retrospective.

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