The pieces are all part of a surprising exhibit in New York with an unlikely source – the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Censors did, however, approve a drawing entitled “Vertigo at Guantanamo” – a dizzying spiral of blue, green and red dots. Of the 30 works on display, 16 come from a single detainee: Muhammad Ansi, a Yemeni. Other detainees, or former detainees who had left Guantanamo along with their artworks, asked to take part. The exhibit has apparently caused a stir at the Pentagon, after reports that some patrons wanted to buy the works on display.

Source: The Express Tribune December 14, 2017 07:07 UTC