Exhibition on prisoners' artworks

There is always an art exhibition to be attended in the city. Local, international artists, contemporary, modern art exhibitions - you would have seen them all. But for the first time, Bengaluru will witness artworks created by inmates from prisons across the state. 

Behind bars, away from the public eye, prisoners have been using art as a medium to express themselves. Identifying their talent, prison officials have decided to give them an opportunity to display their works. Paintings by those in the Mysuru jail have been displayed before. 

“We want to have an exhibition at the state-level so that it gets more visibility. We have not yet decided when and where. But it will be in Bengaluru, mostly in early 2017,” DGP (Prisons) HNS Rao said. The best paintings from prisons in Belagavi, Vijayapura and Mysuru will be displayed.