Artist Builds Parthenon Replica from 100,000 Banned Books

Marta minujin the parthenon of books documenta 14 designboom 1800

Moving and impressively sized new work from artist Marta Minujin up on designboom.

in the german city of kassel, an argentine artist is making a monumental statement about censorship, the banning of books and the persecution of their authors. marta minujín has created a full-scale architectural replica of athens’ magnificent parthenon using 100,000 banned books from all over the world, collected from public donation.

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