Day 28 of 30: Parole Illinois Art Profiles

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Alexa Pelaez Luken, Contributing Writer

December 14, 2024

KEEP FIGHTING THE UNFAIR FIGHT

Artist’s Name: JOSEPH R. DOLE

Artist’s Comments About the Piece: I wanted to depict how criminal legal system actors refuse to fight fair, and how you are fighting the entire State, but if you give up you are giving up on ever being able to be there with your family.

Artist’s Description of Himself: I am an activist artist in the sense that I almost solely produce art as an act of resistance or in support of some cause

Mediums Used in This Piece: Sharpie markers, Chameleon markers, on watercolor paper.

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Image Credits: Joseph Dole, Stateville Correctional Center

See more of Dole’s work in the Independent’s previous Parole Illinois profiles: https://neiuindependent.org/21204/specials/day-10-of-30-parole-illinois-art-profiles/

https://neiuindependent.org/21204/specials/day-10-of-30-parole-illinois-art-profiles/

https://neiuindependent.org/21344/specials/day-22-of-30-parole-illinois-art-profiles/

https://neiuindependent.org/21347/specials/day-23-of-30-parole-illinois-art-profiles/

https://neiuindependent.org/21351/specials/day-24-of-30-parole-illinois-art-profiles/

https://neiuindependent.org/21354/specials/day-25-of-30-parole-illinois-art-profiles/

https://neiuindependent.org/21359/specials/day-26-of-30-parole-illinois-art-profiles/

https://neiuindependent.org/21364/specials/day-27-of-30-parole-illinois-art-profiles/

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