27November202408March2025
Exposition : S'évader. L'Art en Détention – à Niort
Tuesday, December 10 at 14:00 p.m.
Le Pilori 1 Place du Pilori 79000 NIORT
Graffiti, poems, paintings, tattoos, engraved shark rostra or coconuts…
The exhibition invites you to discover the art produced in detention between the beginning of the 19th century, marked by the rise of penal prisons, and the middle of the 20th century, which sealed the closure of the penal colony of Guyana. A scientific and sensitive approach to penitentiary history, through the prism of works and objects of art created by prisoners.
Exhibition organized with the City of Niort and Criminocorpus Lab (UAR 3726 CNRS Ministry of Justice).
Scientific curator: Pierre Piazza, Lecturer in political science and Marc Renneville, historian, research director at the CNRS
The Pillory – Visual Arts Space
Tuesday to Saturday from 14 p.m. to 19 p.m. except public holidays
Free entry – further information on www.regardsnoirs.niort.fr
The exhibition invites you to discover the art produced in detention between the beginning of the 19th century, marked by the rise of penal prisons, and the middle of the 20th century, which sealed the closure of the penal colony of Guyana. A scientific and sensitive approach to penitentiary history, through the prism of works and objects of art created by prisoners.
Exhibition organized with the City of Niort and Criminocorpus Lab (UAR 3726 CNRS Ministry of Justice).
Scientific curator: Pierre Piazza, Lecturer in political science and Marc Renneville, historian, research director at the CNRS
The Pillory – Visual Arts Space
Tuesday to Saturday from 14 p.m. to 19 p.m. except public holidays
Free entry – further information on www.regardsnoirs.niort.fr
Themes:
- Creative arts / Plastic arts
All dates and times
| Opening hours from November 27, 2024 to March 08, 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Open from 14 a.m. to 19 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Open from 14 a.m. to 19 p.m. |
| Thursday | Open from 14 a.m. to 19 p.m. |
| Friday | Open from 14 a.m. to 19 p.m. |
| Saturday | Open from 14 a.m. to 19 p.m. |
