One Way Ticket  illustrates how American prisons are overcrowded with a minority population, how the whole issue of prisons and the treatment of prisoners in America has this country in distress, and that it was symbolic of a type of slavery. The combination of the American flag and slave ship motifs calls to mind the friezes of ancient Rome and Egypt, or the black figures of Greek pottery. You can read more about the creation of this piece on my blog entry dated 1/10/2010 at Artman Greg's Scratch Pad. The original artwork is now a part of a collection by a private owner.

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