Minnesota Center for Book Arts Confronts White Supremacy with Window Art Installation
Eyes Wide Shut, by Evanston-based artist Ben Blount, speaks to the many facets of white supremacy in a series of 140 letterpress prints.
MCBA Exhibition
A new art installation is on display at Minnesota Center for Book Arts in downtown Minneapolis. Pasted across the centerâs windows are white posters with simple black text:
White supremacy is tenacious. White supremacy is laughable. White supremacy is calculated. White supremacy is hot garbage. Eighteen phrases repeat across 140 prints. The art installation, titled
Eyes Wide Shut, is the work of Evanston-based artist, designer, and letterpress printer Ben Blount.Â