Jilava Prison Bed
1982
steel, cotton batting, cotton
42 x 37 x 69 inches
Piece created after receiving the dossier of Father Gheorghi Calciu-Dumitreasa from Amensty International for the exhibition, “Prisoners of Consciousness.”
Nicolae Ceausescu was the dictator in Romania who allowed the imprisonment and torture of Father Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa, an anti-communist Romanian Orthodox priest who served 21 years in prison. He died in 2006.