Imprisoned Art: Creative Freedom in the Unlikeliest Places
December 9. 2015 | Art Zealous
Creative expression and artistic freedom are core values to any arts professional, so it might seem paradoxical for artists to be drawn to places that stifle expression and restrict freedoms. Still, artists and arts groups have integrated the idea of prisons into their work for years; and recently, they have been literally integrating their work into the prisons as well.
Utilizing the actual abandoned spaces of former jails, artists have reimagined these facilities by repurposing them into newly-active arts hubs or with site-specific exhibitions. It is quite fitting that the reinvention of these spaces breathes life into locations that were previously lacking imagination and vitality.