‘It felt like being stripped naked’: the prisoners confronting their crimes with art
about 5 months ago (12/11/2023)
‘It felt like being stripped naked’: the prisoners confronting their crimes with art | Art | The Guardian Skip to main content Skip to navigation Skip to navigation An intense exploration of male role models … Man and Boy, Hunky Version at HMP Grendon. Photograph: James Latunji-Cockbill An intense exploration of male role models … Man and Boy, Hunky Version at HMP Grendon. Photograph: James Latunji-Cockbill ‘It felt like being stripped naked’: the prisoners confronting their crimes with art Dean Kelland has spent almost five years making art with inmates at Europe’s only fully therapeutic jail – with a little help from Elvis and David Bowie O n a low whitewashed outbuilding in the grounds of HMP Grendon , close to double rows of tall barbed-wire fences, an image of Elvis as a cowboy with the orange-mulleted head of David Bowie cuts a surreal figure.