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UPCOMING EXHIBITION | Press Release | Dave Adler: Visions of the Free World at Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary
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Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site welcomes new artist installation Visions of the Free World by David Adler to its growing art program and continues to feature many of its visitors’ favorite installations from previous years. In 2013 there will be eight artist installations on view during all public hours, including the new installation by Adler. Artists are chosen for their ability to address Eastern State’s primary themes—including issues of crime and justice, architectural history, and the site’s fascinating past—with a memorable, thought-provoking approach.
Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers.
Known for its grand architecture and strict discipline, this was the world’s first true “penitentiary,” a prison designed to inspire penitence, or true regret, in the hearts of convicts.
Its vaulted, sky-lit cells once held many of America’s most notorious criminals, including bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton and Al Capone.
ESP has also been the set to many films. Eastern State’s arched cellblocks and central rotunda are transformed into a mental institution in the movie 12 Monkeys, with Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis.
"Visions of the Free World" is on display through November 30, 2013.
Photo: Dave Adler Archive.
