The Library
Ion Bitzan
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Original Title:Biblioteca -
Date:1997 -
Style:Conceptual Art -
Genre:installation -
Media:wood
The Library
Ion Bitzan
The biggest price at the 1997 prestigious Biennale of the Visual Arts in Venice was Bitzan's "Library", a 2-meter tall, 4-meter long installation, made out of pieces of raw-wood which intersect, with the names of famous scientists, writers and philosophers written with black ink on the exteriors. "I wanted to create a state of an object which has been impregnated with what others have done before me", said Bitzan in an interview.
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