Fraught Imaginaries is an exhibition and collaborative project that grew out of Maggie Hazen’s work with incarcerated youth at the Columbia Secure Center for Girls in New York's Hudson Valley, bringing together her sculptural investigations of carceral architecture and commissary systems with artworks by members of the Columbia Collective. The title draws from Dr. Nicole Fleetwood’s concept of “Fraught Imaginaries,” which names the complex power dynamics and uneven conditions shaping art made across carceral divides, while also pointing to the possibilities of collective dreaming. Through material transformation, drawing, and sculpture, the project reveals and gently destabilizes the structures—both physical and systemic—that define confinement.
Fraught Imaginaries coloring book edited by Danika Hazen and artwork by Maggie Hazen x Columbia Collective.
Limited edition of 125/125
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