The Human Face of Death
Row
Facilitated
and promoted by the British human rights charity,
Reprieve, Claire has completed a series of portraits of people who have faced
the death penalty in the US. This includes current Death
Row inmates, former inmates who have been exonerated and
released, and people who have been executed. She has
completed two research trips to the US to meet the
people
involved and the families of those who have been executed.
The paintings, which are
now available for viewing on-line (click
here), are
accompanied by a sound track of interviews with some of the people
Claire met and also a narration of an actual execution. To read the
transcripts of the soundtrack or listen
to the actual recordings, please click
here.
A series of exhibitions are
planned for this year. This will included a major London exhibition
from 1st July until 5th July 2009 at the
Oxo Gallery
on Londons South Bank.
In addition, the exhibition
will be showing at:
The Otter Gallery,
Chichester University from 26th February until 15th March
The Capital Arts
Centre, Horsham from 14th August until 9th October
The Lewis Elton
Gallery, University of Surrey from 10th until 26th November
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery,
from 19th December until 20th March 2010
This
project is kindly supported by the
Arts Council England,
Peter Bottomley MP, Clive Stafford
Smith OBE and London Mayor, Boris Johnson.
If you are interested in supporting or sponsoring this
project please contact Claire at
claire@clairephillips.com.
To see feedback and media comment
on these exhibitions, please click
here.
Please return to this page for future updates.
