C-Note “they call him the Billboard Banksy.” San Jose, CA – “Look Up!” an art exhibition by California prison artist C-Note in the heart of Silicon Valley features Incarceration Nation, America’s Premier work of art on mass incarceration. “Look Up!” … Continue reading
One percenters’ unbridled social justice money, could see a boon in Contemporary Art Market for Prison Art. In 2017, 81-year-old Agnes Gund, American philanthropist, arts patron, collector, and social justice warrior, revealed she sold her 1962 Roy Lichtenstein’s Masterpiece for … Continue reading
No More Massacres is a collaborative work of art, between imprisoned poet Darryl Burnside, and the world’s most prolific prisoner-artist Donald “C-Note” Hooker [1]. Imprisoned for life at 16, Burnside had been greatly affected watching year after year, teens and … Continue reading
Portraits of Justice is a daylong symposium that will engage the public in reimagining the criminal justice system through the lens of art, advocacy, and policy reform. A diverse and robust roster of directly impacted artists, practitioners, government officials, and … Continue reading
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“fern”
symbol of endurance and resourcefulness
The fern is a hardy plant that can grow in difficult places. “An individual who wears this symbol suggests that he has endured many adversities and outlasted much difficulty.” (Willis, The Adinkra Dictionary) Continue reading
We want to give a huge shout-out for all the love and community support to those who heeded our call (See Below), to shatter a gallery attendance record with our Exhibition of Prisoner Art. It was an overwhelming success, and … Continue reading
This post is long overdue, yet it’s still premature. I’m only posting this now, as the result to something I read. So it’s an emotional response, rather than a rational response. In preparation for another upcoming post, I ran across … Continue reading
The other day, I had to make a publishing decision, whether or not to publish sexually explicit paintings and drawings, on my website, darealprisonart.com. In reaching the conclusion which I did (to publish), I did so purely, for its subversive, artistic, value. In my poem, “THE CRIMINALIZATION OF OUR AMERICAN CIVILIZATION (This … Continue reading
Has anyone ever ponder, what was the catalyst, behind Norwegian painter Edvard Munch’s (1863-1944), painting, “The Scream”. Was it from inspiration, or frustration? … Continue reading
Could Ai Weiwei’s Art exhibition at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island raise the status of Prison Art? Our most Googled tweet, was when we declared “Street Art to replace the lull in art movements since Pop Art .” Street … Continue reading
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