{"product_id":"life-line","title":"Life Line","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLife Line\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTom E. Schilk\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMixed media, framed\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 22”W x 18”H original artwork, 29.5”W x 25.5”H framed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“This is my attempt to show how I live my life. It’s both repetitive yet frenetic at the same time. Each column or bar represents one year of my time in prison - count them up - and shows both the constraints of prison and the unpredictable frenzy that takes place within those constraints. At the same time, the work has a certain movement or life despite the severity of the means with which it was made.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTom E. Schilk, born in Philadelphia in 1959, is a self-taught artist whose work has been shaped by over two decades of involvement with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Tom is currently incarcerated at SCI-Phoenix. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis artistic practice serves as a beacon, illuminating what lies hidden behind walls, both literal and metaphorical, that divide us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e His art also functions as a quiet but compelling critique of the systemic incarceration of countless men, women, and children confined to darkened cells across the nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Tom E. Schilk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53413828002065,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/0469\/9729\/files\/LifeLine_TomE.Schilk_MortonContemporaryweb.jpg?v=1776354055","url":"https:\/\/mortoncontemporary.com\/products\/life-line","provider":"Morton Contemporary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}