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The Parthenon of Books by Marta Minujín

100,000 forbidden books used to construct Parthenon replica on Nazi book-burning site.

Argentine artist Marta Minujín has used thousands of prohibited books to construct a replica of the Parthenon in Athens on a Nazi book-burning site in Kassel, Germany. Taking a stance against censorship, Minujín designed the Parthenon of Books to echo the classical Greek temple, which remains a major icon of the democratic Athenian polis. Metal scaffolding mimics the form of the temple, which is then covered in books held by plastic wrapping. All the books were donated by the public from a shortlist of over 170 titles that are either currently or formerly prohibited.

Derek Klena, Christy Altomare, and Ramin Karimloo