This event is in the past.It took place on July 12, 2025 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Decorative Exhibition
Decorative ExhibitionJesse Krimes made "Purgatory" in solitary confinement: 300 playing cards glued together, soap bars, and newspaper faces pressed on with hair gel. Now his prison-born art fills The Met, tracing a path from incarceration to acclaimed activist and reform advocate.
activist artist
unconventional materials
prison art
social justice
Tips
🖼️"best exhibit I have seen in a long time" (Josie Girl Blog)
🧼made with soap bars, playing cards, and hair gel in solitary
🪨pebble piece mirrors the large work using junkyard stones
Jesse Krimes: Corrections
Upper East Side
Decorative ExhibitionDecorative ExhibitionJesse Krimes made "Purgatory" in solitary confinement: 300 playing cards glued together, soap bars, and newspaper faces pressed on with hair gel. Now his prison-born art fills The Met, tracing a path from incarceration to acclaimed activist and reform advocate.
activist artist
unconventional materials
prison art
social justice
Tips
🖼️"best exhibit I have seen in a long time" (Josie Girl Blog)
🧼made with soap bars, playing cards, and hair gel in solitary
🪨pebble piece mirrors the large work using junkyard stones
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