The Despicables: Acts of Survival
Alfred Wilkinson Arrested for False Pretense (1903) 30x30" - Oil on Canvas
John Grant Arrested for Larceny (1904) 30x30" - Oil on Canvas
William Glendinning Arrested for Theft (1915) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas
William Townsley Arrested for Stealing Jewellery (1903) 30x30" - Oil on Canvas
John Walker Arrested for False Pretenses (1904) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas
George Fay Arrested for Stealing (1915) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas
Rolf Halversen Arrested for Stealing Money (1914) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas
John Stewart Arrested for Stealing Poultry (1914) 24x24" - Oil on Canvas
The Despicables is a series that transforms historic mugshots into modern testimonies of hardship. The faces of petty criminals are repositioned into portraits of those whose crimes were simply an act of survival.
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