Thursday 8 November 2012

'Free': Koestler Trust exhibition

There's no charge for admission, but the title of the exhibition, 'Free', reflects who has made the pieces of visual art, film and music: prisoners and others in secure settings.
The pieces I saw were stitching- and knitting-based. Left is 'Coat of Flowering Hope', knitted by Li Jua Shao in HM Prison Eastwood Park, Gloucestershire. As the coat, embellished with knitted flowers and petals, is positioned leaning down a toilet bowl, I surmise that the maker's experience of hope may not be entirely positive...
Below is 'Highland Handbag', made by Tao Guest, in HM Prison Foston Hall, Derbyshire.
Curated by YBA Sarah Lucas, the exhibition is in the Royal Festival Hall, and on until November 25.

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