“Kindling #1” uses the printed page as a medium — physical books cut, reshaped, bound, whitewashed and set on edge. The linen-wrapped panel includes the works of more than a dozen banned writers — among the transformed titles: “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, “Looking for Alaska” by John Green and “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe. This work, one of a pair of 30-by-60-inch panels, will be on exhibit in “(un)BANNED” at Arion Press in San Francisco starting Saturday.
For the record:
9:13 a.m. Oct. 12, 2023An earlier version of the description of this artwork misstated the name of the George Orwell novel. It is “Animal Farm,” not “Animal House.”
Brian Singer is an artist based in San Francisco.
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