"Prison is outside, not inside": artworks from behind the bars Photo
The Center for Belarusian Culture and Community in Vilnius hosts an exhibition of drawings by women political prisoners from Belarus.
"The exhibition Prison is Outside, not Inside shows artworks created by women who suffered from political repression in Belarus during the 2020 revolution. These works have been born in prisons and reflect deep feelings related to unfair arrests, violence by the authorities, and forced isolation. The main idea of the exhibition is to show how art can become an effective means of understanding violence and overcoming collective trauma," the organizers of the exhibition note.
- Women prisoners in the Homieĺ penal colony serve their sentences in this robe. The poster says: "According to Viasna data, after the 2020 protests, more than 8000 Belarusian women have been persecuted, at least 1033 have been tried, 627 have been recognized as political prisoners, 177 are behind bars, and 30 women have been sentenced to long terms, from six to twenty years."
- Artworks by NICO, who managed to leave Belarus and was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code
The exhibition in Vilnius, which is part of the Relentless Voices international project of the Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw, presents 60 drawings and graphic artworks.
- Artworks by graphic designer Angela Devis
- Artworks of political prisoners and students Kasia Budzko and Yana Arabeika showing their two-year experience behind bars
The exhibition is available at the Center for Belarusian Culture and Community in Vilnius until November 1.
PrisonArt is an archive of artworks by Belarusian political prisoners
