Art Spiegelman Writes On His Decision To Withdraw Work From Masters Exhibit

Art Spiegelman set along via e-mail his full response to queries on why he withdrew work from the Jewish Museum's showing of half the traveling Masters of American Comics exhibit, a response certainly more complex and nuanced than the reasons asserted on his behalf. The exhibit opened late last week, and the final run-up to that event saw the absence of Spiegelman's work move out of the rumor category and begin to be acknowledged through official channels. Those directly involved seem to have been very respectful of others' points of view throughout, and generally supportive of each other as much as the principled objections detailed in Spiegelman's letter have allowed.

Related articles out right now include an interview with Spiegelman on comics and his career in general including the progress of his next project, and a profile of Gary Panter's involvement with the Masters show.
 
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