He made a 40-foot masterpiece with hair gel and contraband bedsheets. Don't drop the soap—drop your jaw.
While locked-up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art—including an astonishing 40-foot mural made with prison bed sheets, hair gel, and newspaper. He smuggles out each panel piece-by-piece with the help of fellow artists, only seeing the mural in totality upon coming home. As Jesse's work captures the art world's attention, he struggles to adjust to life outside, living with the threat that any misstep will trigger a life sentence.
Practical Effects
The bedsheet-hair-gel technique is genuinely unprecedented.
Direction
Balances carceral horror with quiet dignity.
Writing
Jesse's narration carries hard-won poetic weight.
Director
Alysa Nahmias
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 40-foot 'Apokaluptein: II' now lives in the permanent collection at the Brooklyn Museum.
Krimes co-founded Right of Return USA, the first fellowship supporting formerly incarcerated artists—proving his 'rehabilitation' wasn't just personal but systemic.
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