Censuur volgens Barton Lidicé Beneš
Censored Book Barton Lidice Benes 26.7 x 20.3 12.7 1974 Book Tied in Rope, nailed, gessoed and painted
Censored Book van de Amerikaanse kunstenaar Barton Lidicé Beneš toont treffend welke verlammende werking censuur kan hebben. Over de totstandkoming van het werk zegt hij:
I was once on a train going to Philadelphia reading a biography of Nixon, and I started scratching it out as I read it, and by the time I got to Philadelphia I had scratched the whole book out. After that I started nailing books shut and tying them up.”
Censored Book was voor het eerst zichtbaar tijdens de reizende tentoonstelling Book Arts in the USA (1990).
bron: Flavorwire
