Bechet’s encyclopedic remembrance depicts the reality that New Orleans has one of highest per capita murder rates in the United States. The text covers the entire map and is written in an aggressive red.
Why! (Is It Easier to Get a Gun than an Education, A Gun instead of Help?) (2014) is a meticulously made work that places pins along with the names and ages of each person who has been murdered in New Orleans in 2014. Another work that addresses gun violence specific to New Orleans is by Ron Bechet. Seen all together, the twenty-seven images recall a very dark version of Andy Warhol’s screenprints, but this time the pop reference is a murder victim and a handgun. These photos become silkscreens that merge obit photo and handgun, create a masking effect, as if one is looking though smoke at the victims. The artists used the obituary photos from the deceased victims of gun violence in August 2002, a month when there was nearly one homicide per day.
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Generic Art Solutions pays homage to the violent history of New Orleans with their series of silkscreens, One Hot Month (2014). Many of the works highlight specific killings others address violence in more personal manner together the works are a ringing indictment of the state of violence in our country. While the works were all made from a common material, each piece addresses a different dialogue within the very loud conversation on gun control. Tannen, Nicholas Varney, William Villalongo, Sidonie Villere, and Paul Villinski. Luke Dubois, George Dureau, Margaret Evangeline, Skyler Fein, Jonathan Ferrera, Rico Gatson, MK Guth, Generic Art Solutions, Heathcliffe Hailey, Marcus Kenney, Deborah Luster, Bradley McCallum, Adam Mysock, Ted Reiderer, Peter Sarkisian, Dan Tague, Robert C. Artists commissioned for this exhibition include: Neil Alexander, Katrina Andry, Luis Cruz Azaceta, John Barnes, Ron Bechet, Brian Borrello, Mel Chin, Andrei Codrescu, Club S+S, Michel De Broin, R. Jonathan Ferrera Gallery addresses this endemic issue through Guns in the Hands of Artists, a group exhibit that opened October 4th, 2014.įor this exhibit Jonathan Ferrera Gallery distributed disabled guns to thirty-three artists to create a range of art works, from monoprints to animation to sculpture.
A sense of loss can overcome one when you consider how much must radically change to avert this catastrophic course. As of September this year, there have been 101 murders in the city, a number that is on pace to exceed last year’s total of 156 killings.
with the dishonorable distinction of having had the nation’s highest murder rate twelve times since 1985. In 2011, New Orleans had the highest murder rate per capita in the U.S.
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