Black Acid Co-op: The Meth Lab as Art

If you’ve ever watched an episode of Breaking Bad, then you’re well aware of the artistry involved with cooking methamphetamine. Walter White (Bryan Cranston), the brilliant chemist turned high-school teacher turned drug dealer, is often told by the seediest slangers and addicts in New Mexico’s meth trade that he is, indeed, an artist.

So when I saw the photos fromBlack Acid Co-op (after the jump), Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe’s latest meth-inspired art installation at Deitch Projects’ indoor showing in Miami as part of the Wynwood Walls show, the connection between art and methamphetamine made perfect sense. For some context, here’s a primer on the installation…

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(via Annals of Americus)