March 11, 12, and 13 7:30 p.m. and March 14 2 p.m. at the Flanagan Studio Theatre, Faulconer Gallery, located 1033 Park Street on the Grinnell College Campus
Craig Quintero, creator/director
Flowers of E is an image-based exploration of the life and writings of the renowned French author Charles Baudelaire. Baudelaire's collection of poems, Flowers of Evil, was condemned as "an insult to public decency" upon its publication in 1857 (six poems were banned in France until 1949) due to its "decadent" portrayals of sex, death, and desire. Whereas Baudelaire's writings have lost much of their shock value in contemporary culture, his works still serve as a graphic reminder of the degenerate excesses of modern man. Combining sculpture, painting, puppetry, and installation art, Flowers of E continues Baudelaire's journey into this heart of darkness, seraching for glimmers of light admist the shadows.