Painting Transplant

For our painting we decided to go with The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, by Paul Delaroche.  We decided to take this painting and place it in a locked prison cell in Holloway Prison in Islington.  Holloway is a female prison where five inmates were executed through the course of the 20th century, the last being done in 1955.  In 1969, the death penalty was abolished in Great Britain.  We feel that by placing this painting in a locked cell it will raise some questions in the minds of the viewers, and create an interesting dialogue on ideas related to capital punishment, since many other countries still practice it, like the United States.

JP