Gun Show

Three years ago, amid daily headlines of mass shootings and gun violence, the artist began building an arsenal of 100 mock assault rifles, using only household and industrial detritus. The “guns” are displayed on canvas tarps on the ground, allowing people to interact with them and reflect on the polarizing conversation surrounding gun ownership in our country. This is an unconventional examination of the American obsession with deadly weapons, as the country attempts to untangle the contentious debate over the lethality of its possession of over 310 million guns.