Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration

Written By Madelyn S

MoMA PS1, through April 4, 2021: Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration

“This major exhibition explores the work of artists within US prisons and the centrality of incarceration to contemporary art and culture. Featuring art made by people in prisons and work by nonincarcerated artists concerned with state repression, erasure, and imprisonment, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration highlights more than 35 artists, including American Artist, Tameca Cole, Russell Craig, James “Yaya” Hough, Jesse Krimes, Mark Loughney, Gilberto Rivera, and Sable Elyse Smith. The exhibition has been updated to reflect the growing COVID-19 crisis in US prisons, featuring new works by exhibition artists made in response to this ongoing emergency.”

Additional reading:

The Atlantic, February 7, 2021: The Breathtaking Ingenuity of Incarcerated Artists

ArtNet News, October 27, 2020: What Does Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration Look Like? A Gripping New Show at MoMA PS1 Presents Startling Answers

Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood’s Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration on Bookshop.org

Hyperallergic, October 11, 2020: An excerpt from Marking Time

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