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Cellblock visions : prison art in America / by Kornfeld, Phyllis,1938-(CARDINAL)210829;
Subjects: Outsider art; Prisoners as artists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hummingbird in underworld : teaching in a men's prison : a memoir / by Tobola, Deborah,author.(CARDINAL)655549;
Subjects: Tobola, Deborah.; Arts in prisons; Prison educators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Prison sentences : the prison as site, the prison as subject / by Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania.(CARDINAL)197387;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Installations (Art); Prisons in art; Imprisonment;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Acting out : how a prison theatre workshop broke free / by Hoehler, Richard,Author(DLC)n 2024036912;
When Richard Hoehler first walked through the doors of a medium-security prison in upstate New York, he assumed it would be a one-time thing. A busy freelance writer, actor, and teacher, he'd been invited by a friend to lead an acting class for inmates. It was an intimidating prospect, but at the very least, he hoped the experience might give him new ideas for his teaching work on the outside. What Hoehler could not have anticipated was that his first class was the beginning of a life-changing odyssey, one that would see him leading a visionary, incredibly popular series of acting and writing workshops that culminated in full productions for rapt audiences. Acting Out is Hoehler's unforgettable account of his journey working with men whom society has locked away and written off as irredeemable. In his telling, we witness a rare kind of theatrical magic: faced with a dehumanizing and often arbitrary prison system, participants work to express themselves and connect with dramatic works where anger, compassion, forgiveness, and tears pour forth in a safe and supportive environment. Steering clear of both cynicism and sentimentality, this is the remarkable story of theatre's ability to change lives even in the most unlikely of settings.
Subjects: Prison theater; Arts in prisons; Criminals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jenny Holzer : dust paintings. by Holzer, Jenny,1950-artist.(CARDINAL)179435; Cole, Henri,writer of supplementary textual content.(CARDINAL)748418; Cheim & Read,publisher,host institution.(CARDINAL)227709;
Includes bibliographical references."Cheim & Read is pleased to present Dust Paintings, an exhibition of recent painting by Jenny Holzer. A catalogue with an essay by the poet Henri Cole accompanies the exhibition. Jenny Holzer has used government documents as a source for her work since 2004. Language has been Holzer's primary medium since the late 1970s. Placed on electric signs or stone benches, Holzer's text investigates how ideas are transformed from argument or opinion into fact. While her work has a conceptual base, she involves her viewer through what's intensely physical. Turning to government documents in 2004, months after the invasion of Iraq by the United States and the United Kingdom, Holzer tried to reconstruct the path to war from the language of its architects and executors. The documents painted most recently trace the political fallout and human wreckage in the global war on terror. Holzer's new works, hand-rendered, return flesh to events"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Art.; Exhibition catalogs.; Holzer, Jenny, 1950-; Holzer, Jenny, 1950-; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Prisoners of war in art; War in art; Words in art; Writing in art;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Botero : Abu Ghraib / by Botero, Fernando,1932-2023.(CARDINAL)146854; Ebony, David.(CARDINAL)279577;
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Botero, Fernando, 1932-2023.; Abu Ghraib Prison; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Torture in art.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gould's book of fish : a novel in twelve fish / by Flanagan, Richard,1961-(CARDINAL)391088;
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Gould, William Buelow, 1803-1853; Fishes in art; Marine animals in art; Painters; Penal colonies; Prisoners as artists; Prisoners;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Redaction / by Kaphar, Titus,1976-artist.(CARDINAL)784548; Betts, Reginald Dwayne,1980-author.(CARDINAL)499560; Suzuki, Sarah J. S.,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)673650;
"MacArthur fellows Reginald Dwayne Betts and Titus Kaphar present a stunning literary and artistic collaboration that confronts the abuses of the criminal justice system. Throughout their award-winning careers, visual artist and filmmaker Titus Kaphar and poet, memoirist, and attorney Reginald Dwayne Betts have shed light on the violences of incarceration and the underexplored contradictions of American history. In Redaction, they unite their different mediums to expose the ways the legal system exploits and erases the poor and incarcerated from public consciousness. First exhibited at MoMA PS1, the fifty "Redaction" prints layer Kaphar's etched portraits of incarcerated individuals with Betts's poetry, which uses the legal strategy of redaction to craft verse out of legal documents. Three prints are broken apart into their distinct layers, illuminating how the pair manipulated traditional engraving, printing, poetic, and redaction processes to reveal what is often concealed. This beautifully designed volume also includes additional artwork, poetry, and an introduction by MoMA associate director Sarah Suzuki. The result is an astonishing, powerful exploration of history, incarceration, and race in America"--
Subjects: Poetry.; Kaphar, Titus, 1976-; American poetry.; Criminal justice, Administration of; Imprisonment; Prisoners in art.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Marking time : art in the age of mass incarceration / by Fleetwood, Nicole R.,author.(CARDINAL)849229;
Carceral aesthetics: penal space, time, and matter -- State goods: clandestine practices and prison art collectives -- Captured by the frame: photographic studies of prisoners -- Interior subjects: portraits by incarcerated̨̨ artists -- Fraught imaginaries: collaborative art in prison -- Art in solitary confinement -- Posing in prison: family photographs, practices of belonging, and carceral landscapes."More than two million men and women are currently behind bars in the United States. Incarceration not only separates the imprisoned from their families and communities, it also exposes them to shocking levels of violence and sexual assault and subjects them to the arbitrary cruelties of the criminal justice system. Yet, as Nicole Fleetwood reveals, America's prisons are filled with art. Despite the isolation and degradation they experience, the incarcerated are driven to assert their humanity in the face of a system that dehumanizes them. Based on interviews with currently and formerly incarcerated artists, prison visits, and the author's own family experiences with the penal system, Marking Time shows how the imprisoned turn ordinary objects into elaborate works of art. Working with meager supplies and in the harshest conditions-including solitary confinement-these artists find ways to resist the brutality and depravity that prisons engender. The impact of their art, Fleetwood observes, can be felt far beyond prison walls. Their bold works, many of which are being published for the first time in this volume, have opened new possibilities in American art. As the movement to reform the country's criminal justice system grows, art provides the imprisoned with a political voice. Their works testify to the economic and racial injustices that underpin American punishment and offer a new vision of freedom for the twenty-first century"--Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Prisoners as artists; Art, American; Imprisonment;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Incarceration nations : a journey to justice in prisons around the world / by Dreisinger, Baz,1976-author.(CARDINAL)492332;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-325).
Subjects: Corrections.; Criminal justice, Administration of.; Discrimination in criminal justice administration.; Imprisonment.; Mass incarceration.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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