Lizards in the San Antonio Library Book Garden
Channel: NOWCastSA
Date: 2016-02-05

There are two lizards in the Book Garden installation in the Gallery of San Antonio’s Central Library. 

The lizards are different from each other, and Taiwanese-born artist Long-Bin Chen said he made them especially for this exhibit.

If you look under the lizard’s chins, you can see that each of the lizards is carved from hard cover books. 

The bright colors from the books also show through on the lizard’s body and on the feet, legs and tail.

Long-Bin Chen, whose art has been exhibited all over the world, said he likes to create art that has local significance.

The idea of lizards came up when he was planning the installation with Library Director Ramiro Salazar, who led the effort to bring Long-Bin Chen’s art to San Antonio.