Fans of the podcast Ear Hustle already know Nigel Poor’s voice, but this BAMPFA exhibition provides an opportunity to witness another, more visual side of the artist’s work within San Quentin State Prison. Using images from the prison’s historical archive, Poor asked her students in the Prison University Project to formally analyze and recodify the photographs, inscribing new narratives of power and understanding onto images of incarcerated men. —Sarah Hotchkiss
'San Quentin Project' Analyzes Prison Imagery at BAMPFA
Harold Meeks and Nigel Poor, 'Gym Profile 7-15-75,' 2013. (Courtesy of Nigel Poor, with thanks to Warden Ron Davis and Lieutenant Sam Robinson)
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