Posts Tagged ‘guns’

Deweaponizing the Gun

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Deweaponizing the Gun is an ongoing art project by Walton Creel:

“When I decided I wanted to make art using a gun, I was not sure what direction I would have to take. I knew I did not want to use it simply as an accent to work I was doing, but as the focus. My main goal was to take the destructive power away from the gun. To manipulate the gun into a tool of creation and use it in a way that removed it from its original purpose, to deweaponize it.”

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Heidi Lender

Written by Valentina on . Posted in photography

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Once Upon, Heidi Lender‘s photo series:

“What began as a self-imposed weekly photo assignment — ‘Stand on a bench. Make sure it’s Monday. Wear something pretty.’ — transformed into this who-am-I photo-tale exploring the individual in various environments and apparel.”

Sophie Jodoin

Written by Valentina on . Posted in drawing

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Dark and delicate artworks by Sophie Jodoin:

“The subjects of my work are often difficult and challenging: little people, the elderly, the wounded. Equally conceptual and representational. I develop drawn series which can take up to two years to realize. Since 2003, each work is exclusively in black and white, on paper and mylar, and done over the course of one day.”

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