The Parthenon of books by Mieke WA Minkjan

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28-Aug-2017	Š MiekeWAMinkjan

The Parthenon of books

Kassel, Germany

at the Documenta 14 in Kassel 2017
The parthenon is the work of Argentinian artist Marta Minujín,
who constructed this replica of the Athens monument using 100,000 once-banned books.
Bringing these books back from oblivion

Olympus PEN-F Digital
1/640s f/6.3 at 25.0mm iso200 full exif

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joseantonio		06-Apr-2020 07:07
very nice work.

Chris		04-Apr-2020 10:10
So good that things have changed so much that these books are for everybody.

larose forest photos		03-Apr-2020 21:25
WOW! What an amazing art installation. I had not heard of this, but really, it is outstanding. V

carol j. phipps		03-Apr-2020 04:00
Wow! That is amazing! V

jeanb		02-Apr-2020 18:42
Wow, that’s amazing. There must have been a lot of once-banned books stashed away.

cits_4_pets		02-Apr-2020 18:39
What an interesting structure and like there are people in the image that show the scale of this.

laine		02-Apr-2020 15:31
I suppose the last page is right up at the top. :))

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