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Cellblock Visions is a lively collection of inmate artwork, created behind bars, from county jail to death row – the alternative artworld flourishing today in American prisons. Men and women inmates, having no previous training, turn to art for a sense of self-respect, respect for and from others, a way to find peace. They transcend the cramped space, limited light, and narrow vistas. They triumph over security bans with ingenious resourcefulness - extracting color from shampoo, making paint out of M & Ms and sculpture out of toilet paper.
Artwork by Arthur Keigney |
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Punishment stimulates violence. Creative art stimulates the exercise of one's better nature.“In my youth, violence became my enemy... Photography, writing, music, and film are the weapons I use against it.” |
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For booking information please contact phylkorn10@gmail.com |
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