Walls turned sideways : artists confront the justice system

Puleo, Risa, (curator,, editor.). Arning, Bill. (Added Author). Hunt, Ashley. Prison maps. What is the prison industrial complex? (Added Author). Contemporary Arts Museum, (issuing body,, organizer.).

Summary: 'Walls Turned Sideways' accompanies the largest museum presentation to investigate the criminal justice system in the US. What is the social role and responsibility of the artist in times of political urgency? What functions can only art and artists fulfill in the political landscape? This catalog discusses the work of more than 30 artists from across the nation, with works spanning the past 40 years, who address the criminal justice system and the prison industrial complex. The book's title derives from a quote by political activist and author Angela Davis: "Walls turned sideways are bridges."

Record details

ISBN: 9780984056651
ISBN: 0984056653
Physical Description: print
464 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm + 1 poster (33 cm x 47 cm) + 1 booklet (34 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm)
Publisher: Houston : Contemporary Arts Museum Houston ; [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, August 25, 2018-January 6, 2019.

Catalog includes a poster by Ashley Hunt (2003) and a comic strip booklet titled "Sgt. Kroll Goes to the office" (conceived, produced and printed ar Beyond Repair, MN.).

"With contributions by Elizabeth Alexander, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Evan Bissell and Ora Wise, Andy Campbell, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, Melanie Crean, Stephen F. Eisenman, Nicole R. Fleetwood, Michel Foucault, et al [R. D. Laing, Howie Harp, Judy Clark], Che Gossett, Sam Gould, Unique Holland, Ashley Hunt, Ben Jones, David Joselit, Theodore Kerr, Chaédria Labouvier, Roger Lancaster, Shaun Leonardo, K. Tsianina Lomawaima, Shoshana Magnet, Erica R. Meiners and Sarah Ross, Gean Moreno, Robert Morris, Robert S. Nelson, Isamu Noguchi, Otabenga Jones & Associates, Anthony Papa, mary Patten, Laurie Jo Reynolds, Cameron Rowland, Jared Sexton, Rashad Shabazz, Sable Elyse Smith, Shawn Michelle Smith, Daniel tucker and Rosten Woo, Rebecca Zorach."--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.