Faces of Incarceration

Title: Faces of Incarceration
Artist: Yusef "Q" Quals-El See all items with this value
Artist Statement: Faces of Incarceration
Format: 14 x 11
Medium: Acrylic
Subject: painting See all items with this value; men See all items with this value; confinement See all items with this value; paint See all items with this value
Description: A painting of a Black man wearing a prison uniform, in his two hands he is holding up a hollow mask of his own face beside his head. The mask on the left is surrounded by the color yellow, and appears to be smiling, the one on the right is surorunded by the color red and is frowning. The man holding these masks is surrounded by the color blue, and there are tears on his face. In the background of the cell, there is a clock behind bars, and a small tombstone.
Prison: Macomb Correctional Facility See all items with this value
Location in the Gallery: Wall G
Log Number: 425-22
Source: 26th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners
Date: 2021