The goal of the Clark Humanities Museum, which opened in 1970, is to give students the crucial opportunity to engage directly with original works of art and other artifacts of material culture related to their courses—an irreproducible experience that sharpens critical inquiry, fosters interdisciplinary thinking, and offers the keen poignancy of authenticity in our increasingly virtual digital age.

FREEDOM/TIME: ART FOR ABOLITION

“Freedom Time” served as a call for liberation in the Black Power movements of the 1960s-70s. Invoking the spirit of those revolutionary struggles, “Freedom/Time” equally references the temporal logic of the modern carceral state: doing time, serving time, time as punishment measured in months and years.
The work of imprisoned artists collected for this show celebrates the alchemical genius of prisoners who find ways to claim moments of freedom even under conditions of extreme domination, confinement, surveillance, and violence.
Claiming a space for creation and artistic production can feel like a taking back of stolen time. “Freedom/Time” testifies to this spirit of resistance even in conditions of captivity.

Freedom Time.

This exhibit was curated by Professor Mar Golub students in his Scripps POLI 145 class.

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Director of the Clark Humanities Museum: Professor of Music Anne Harley

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