A unique and collaborative art exhibit by political cartoonists and death-row inmates designed to expand the conversation on capital punishment in the U.S.
Images can trigger conversations, sometimes far better than words. Internationally known political cartoonist Patrick Chappatte and journalist Anne-Frederique Widmann have come together to organize a one of a kind exhibition, entitled WINDOWS ON DEATH ROW: Art From Inside and Outside the Prison Walls.
The exhibition features over 60 works of some of the most famous American political cartoonists as well as artworks drawn from a more unlikely source, death row inmates. By presenting a variety of perspectives, from both inside and outside of the prison walls, Chappatte and Widmann hope to stimulate conversation on an issue that touches politics, race, morality, and the question of equality under the law.
WINDOWS ON DEATH ROW opened on October 22, 2015 at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School of Communication, before moving to UNC Chapel Hill on Febr. 2, 2016. For its international premiere, it was simultaneously presented in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 4, 2016. The show is meant to tour the U.S.
The exhibition includes educational materials and interactive displays that allow viewers to engage directly with the complex and challenging subject matter. Using art as a tool for social awareness, it opens a window into an often hidden part of the ongoing conversation about capital punishment - exploring the system through the eyes of the incarcerated. At a moment when our country is becoming ever more polarized regarding racial injustice and economic inequality, the questions raised could not be more timely.
A unique and collaborative art exhibit by political cartoonists and death-row inmates designed to expand the conversation on capital punishment in the U.S.
WINDOWS ON DEATH ROW exhibition Team:
Patrick Chappatte & Anne-Frédérique Widmann, Founders & Organizers
Anne Hromadka, Curator & Project Manager (U.S.)
Melissa Karlin, Website Designer & Exhibition Assistant (U.S.)
The debut of this exhibition was co-sponsored by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and supported by the USC Voices & Vision program.
Credits:
Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs is glad to support this project, which aims at fostering inclusive and constructive debates on the death penalty. Special thanks to Nicole Wyrsch, the Swiss Ambassador for Human Rights and the Consulate General of Switzerland in Los Angeles.
Touring Exhibition Schedule 2016-2017
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
The Ohio State University
110 Sullivant Hall
1813 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43210
Monday: Closed
Tuesday through Sunday: 1:00 – 5:00 pm
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum exhibition galleries are open to the public and admission is FREE.
O’Kane Gallery
University of Houston-Downtown, One Main Street
Houston, Texas 77002
June - August 2017
Columbia Law School
Columbia University
New York City, New York
Fall 2017
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