have included artworks drawn in his own blood.Joe told NME of the project: ‘I’ve always been a fan of Pete Doherty. His poetry and his music have influenced a generation.
His artwork has the same chaotic punk energy of his sound and is similar in style to the art of Jean Michel Basquiat.‘This exhibition will see Pete on a different platform, behind the prison gates of Scotland’s toughest prison, Barlinnie.‘Working with mixed media artists, using Doherty as their canvas to work from.
We are hoping by staging this event, that this will inspire the participating artists on their road to recovery, and bring the conversation of prison reform to a bigger audience.’Mick Stoney, Governor of Barlinnie Prison, added: ‘Art in prison provides the.
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