I came across an interesting article in The Oregonian titled “Drawings signed by convicted killer Ward Weaver for sale on Internet.” While the notion of prisoner artwork historically falls into the vague genre of “outsider art,” this story highlights the phenomena of living serial killers selling their sketches and drawings through third party websites to [...]
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Insidious “murderabilia” art?
Posted in News, tagged "murderabilia", Garfield, outsider art, prisoner art, Richard Prince, The Tazmanian Devil, Wayne Horton on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prisoner art story and my newly-framed chalk portrait
Posted in Indulgences, tagged art, chalk portrait, naive art, outsider art, Queens Museum of Art, The People's Art on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Long night due to a work event, so a really short post– but I was inspired to share this neat article from the New York Daily News about an auction of prisoner art that just took place to support an organization that encourages inmates to create artwork while studying for their GEDs. Some of the [...]
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