Wednesday 26 February 2014

Order and or disorder - weaponry - Throne of Guns - decomissioned weapons



Images from the Throne of Weapons display at the British Museum in London. The Tree of Life


detail of one of the animals made from gun parts around the base of the tree of life

Decomissioned weapons from the civil war in Mozambique in Africa were turned into Art by a group of African Artists including Cristovao Canhavato - stopping them being used again and showing that there is life and a long civil war

more information  British Museum PDF

more information wikipedia


Kester one of the Artists who worked with the decomissioned weapons




'Gun Sculpture' by Canadian artists Sandra Bromley and Wallis Kendal
made using 5 tonnes of decommissioned weaponry



David Palmer builds up a layers of bullets then creates tones by scorching the metal ends of the bullets



Mr Toledano

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Al Farrow
buildings made out of weaponry

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Pedro Reyes

decomissioned weapons made into instruments

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"Don't Touch" AK-47 by Nancy Fouts



"Where Souls Dwell" AK-47 by Laila Shawa



Weapons decomissioned by Cambodian government re-imagined by Sasha Constable


Weapons decomissioned by Cambodian government re-imagined by Sasha Constable

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Thursday 6 February 2014

Order and or disorder - Heads made out of dolls






Freya Jobbins

re-orders or builds objects out of old disguarded objects





Mr Toledano

Hopes and Fears series