Nicole R. Fleetwood's work delves into the intersection of art and mass incarceration. She critically examines how visual culture reflects and shapes our understanding of the carceral system and racial injustice in the United States. Fleetwood analyzes how artworks and visual representations reveal the social and political consequences embedded within this system. Her insightful approach offers a profound exploration of the intricate connections between art, race, and repression.
Nicole Fleetwood enters American prisons to explore the creativity flourishing there. Though isolated and degraded, incarcerated artists produce bold works that testify to the economic and racial injustice of American punishment. These pieces, many published here for the first time, offer a new vision of freedom for the twenty-first century.