The harshness of life behind bars is designed to crush inmates’ individuality. But a stirring exhibition at MoMA PS1 shows the prison-industrial complex can’t stifle the artistic impulse.
Source: New York Times
Making Art When ‘Lockdown’ Means Prison
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