Tag: artist
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Karl Ford Wants Money To Shoot Paint And Call The Mess Art
“Painting with bullets”. Meh: Yawn another Indiegogo campaign. Shooting at paint cans and spraypaint canisters and calling whatever you have them to splatter onto “art”, is hardly new. Heck even FPS Russia did that at least once and then auctioned off the canvas. This short form documentary will focus on me putting an explosive twist to…
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Chalk As A Shitty Weapon Against Gun Violence
God this is so artsy I think I gagged: I love the self importance these artists have hahahah. Wow… I’m sure if gun crime in D.C. decreases over the next 6 months, queen bee Lorin Latarro from the video will probably take 100% of the credit. Thoughts? Anyone up for a pro gun rally where we would write…
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Gun Art In Our Culture
Art surrounding firearms: Some pictures are neat, some are useless. That’s pretty much how it goes with art though… not everyone is going to be impressed by everything in an exhibit. The picture, and the story behind 3:27 “Mike And Rat (1983)” by Mary Ellen Mark I found to be the most interesting. Well that…
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Famous Pop Culture Weapons
By designer Daniel Nyari: If you want a print of this picture to frame, they are available HERE. There is a legend at the bottom of the picture that is barely readable. If you don’t know what one of them is, zoom in with your browser and try to read it.
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Functional Musical Instruments Made From Destroyed Weapons
Mexican artist Pedro Reyes attempts to shock and awe by using guns as a medium: Imagine is a set of 50 musical instruments fabricated out of destroyed weapons – revolvers, shotguns, machineguns, etc. This work is a progression of Palas por Pistolas (2008), where 1527 weapons were melted and made into the same number of shovels to plant…
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Self Defense For The Artist / Designer
A revolver made out of tools that an artist or old school designer would commonly use: A revolver made out of purely Helvetica Bold characters and symbols: Both designed by Mark Fitz out of Dublin, Ireland with prints available for purchase. Hat tip: Lisa