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Behind Bars
![Filling the picture frame three nude figures are confined in iron cages. Each look directly at the viewer and grasp the bars. Horizontal format, sepia and black on white.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/191ef1_0de49a4a7a254e2c8627f7944fb891b7~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_1,y_0,w_598,h_450/fill/w_447,h_335,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/gallery-behind-bars-7Khc5N_g.jpg)
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Behind Bars, Untitled,
18 in x 24 in, Oil on canvas
A wide ranging series on mass incarceration, racial injustice, and the devastation caused by inequities in the U.S. criminal legal system. Kanso's Individual Support Grant from the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation helped to support his work on the series.
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