Librarians just might revolt at todayยs opening of Mike Stilkeyยs installation When the Animals Rebel at Rice Gallery. The Los Angeles artist has scrawled a cityscape filled with buildings, people, clouds, anthropomorphic animals and miscellaneous Western-style images across the spines, covers and pages of hundreds — maybe even thousands — of books arranged on a 16-by-44-foot wall. The show is the galleryยs fifth annual window-mounted exhibit meant for strolling passersby, a fitting tribute to the easygoing summers of Houston.
Mondays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Starts: June 4. Continues through Aug. 31
This article appears in May 31 – Jun 6, 2007.