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Jesse Krimes had to smuggle his art out of prison. Now it’s in the Met’s permanent collection.
Artist Jesse ... Krimes started collecting the images — mug shots and head shots of politicians and celebrities, 300 in all — and transferred them onto small pieces of prison-issued soap.
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Art smuggled out of Dauphin County Prison now hangs in major museum
Not long after Jesse Krimes entered Dauphin County Prison on federal drug charges in 2009, his mental health started to decline. Being locked in a cell for 23 hours a day quickly caused him to ...
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Artist Jesse Krimes Lets His Materials Take Center Stage
Jesse Krimes ... the world," Krimes recently told ARTnews. "Everything could be taken from me, except my ability to create." Prior to his indictment, Krimes had earned a BA in art from ...