San Francisco Center for the Book
300 De Haro St
415.565.0545
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Enrique Chagoya, Double Portrait of William Burroughs
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Aug 15, 2008 – Nov 26, 2008
Mondays–Fridays (10am–5pm)
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In some parts of the US, closed-minded thinking keeps the works of Mark Twain, J.D. Salinger, and J.K. Rowling out of schools, libraries, and the hands of young readers. In opposition to such restrictions of free speech, the San Francisco Center for the Book presents Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship. More than 50 artists interpret the plights of banned books in their respective media. Included are painter/printmaker Enrique Chagoya's abstraction of William S. Burroughs, Charles Hobson's sculpture based on reactions to Madame Bovary, and Favianna Rodriguez's take on the pain of repression in The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Panel discussions featuring many of the artists occur throughout the exhibition's run.
