Cellblock Visions: Prison Art in America

by Kornfeld, Phyllis

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Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Almost everyone in prison is either making art or buying it," notes Phyllis Kornfeld as she uncovers the alternative artworld flourishing today in American prisons. This book not only represents some of the most inventive and gripping examples of outsider art, but also offers an unprecedented account of prison art in particular as a subject worthy of serious consideration. Kornfeld presents the artists whose works offer freshness and surprise and tells the moving stories behind them. The traditional prison arts such as soap carving and tattoo are covered, but Kornfeld devotes a major section to paintings, where we see miniatures depicting themes of alienation and escape, idyllic landscapes framed by bars, and portraits of women living in a fantasy world. The brief vivid biographies of each artist portray that individual's experience of crime, prison, and art itself. 86 pages with notes and index; color and b&w. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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