Artists including Ai Weiwei and Cornelia Parker have collaborated with sewers in British prisons for a new exhibition
Piranesi is considered one of the most accomplished printmakers of the 18th century. His Views of Rome brought Rome to the rest of Europe and his Imaginary Prisons influenced future movements.
Clarissa Harlowe in the Prison Room of the Sheriff's Office Charles Landseer (1799–1879) Tate
Nelson Mandela lived one of the most remarkable lives of the twentieth century. Growing up in an era of oppression and racial segregation in South Africa, he devoted his life to fighting for an equal and democratic society and championed social justice. Imprisoned for almost three decades, he became the world’s most famous political prisoner. […]
Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated in the annexed Polish land during World War II. Auschwitz I was first constructed to hold Polish political prisoners who first arrived in May 1940. Plans for the total eradication of the Jewish population of Europe, eleven…
"Here we pay attention to you like human beings."
Archival UV resistant print of currency collage based on Piranesi’s imaginary prison series. Ideal size 23”x 30”
At Art for Redemption, we believe that art programs rehabilitate inmates and can give them a chance to be contributing members to society. Join our movement!
"Here we pay attention to you like human beings."
At Art for Redemption, we believe that art programs rehabilitate inmates and can give them a chance to be contributing members to society. Join our movement!
At Art for Redemption, we believe that art programs rehabilitate inmates and can give them a chance to be contributing members to society. Join our movement!
At Art for Redemption, we believe that art programs rehabilitate inmates and can give them a chance to be contributing members to society. Join our movement!
Archival UV resistant print of currency collage based on Piranesi’s imaginary prison series. Ideal size 23”x 30”
One man's story of life in a place that is, in some ways, worse than being locked up.
In the early 19th Century, Sotheby's was the premier auction house for books and manuscripts, cataloguing Napoleon's St Helena collection in 1823. However, along with this collection was a unique and personal item of the emperor's, which was to transform Sotheby's fortunes and focus forever.
