Susan Sontag once referred to her library as “the inside of my head…a map of my brain.” If a library does indeed function as a sort of x-ray of one’s preoccupations, the library of Diane Arbus offers fascinating insights into her personal interests and obsessions. Through exquisite reproductions presented in a unique accordion fold-out format, Diane Arbus: The Libraries showcases books and other objects from the artist’s collection as displayed in the international museum retrospective, Diane Arbus: Revelations.
Diane Arbus: The Libraries
Susan Sontag once referred to her library as “the inside of my head…a map of my brain.” If a library does indeed function as a sort of x-ray of one’s preoccupations, the library of Diane Arbus offers fascinating insights into her personal interests and obsessions…