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GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

September 16 – November 21, 2015

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Generic Art Solutions | One Hot Month from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| In-Studio Artist Interview 
Generic Art Solutions, One Hot Month

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Generic Art Solutions | Target: Audience from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Generic Art Solutions, Target: Audience

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Adam Mysock | Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun (Last Judgment) from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| In-Studio Artist Interview
Adam Mysock

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | John Barnes | Marigny Warning from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| In-Studio Artist Interview
John Barnes

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Artist walkthrough in Gallery | John Barnes from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
John Barnes

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Deborah Luster | Forms of Correspondence, I. (Yes, No, Goodbye) from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Deborah Luster

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Artist walkthrough in Gallery | Brian Borrello from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Walkthrough
Brian Borrello

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Club S+S | SMAC from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Club S+S

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Neil Alexander | Growing up in a Gun Culture, My Son from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Neil Alexander

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Luis Cruz Azaceta from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Luis Cruz Azaceta

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Luis Cruz Azaceta | Carry On, Drugs, Gun & Teddy Bear from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Carry On, Drugs, Gun & Teddy Bear

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Luis Cruz Azaceta | Taperuler Gun from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Taperuler Gun

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Ron Bechet | Why! from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Ron Bechet, Why! (Is it Easier to get a Gun than an Education, A Gun Instead of Help?)

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Ron Bechet | Swords to Ploughshares from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Ron Bechet, Swords to Ploughshares

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Margaret Evangeline | Disintegrating Relic from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Margaret Evangeline

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Bob Tannen from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Bob Tannen

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Katrina Andry | Disappear from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Katrina Andry

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Sidonie Villere | Residual from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Sidonie Villere

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Skylar Fein | Kurt Kobong from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Skylar Fein

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Artist walkthrough in Gallery | Skylar Fein from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Walkthrough
Skylar Fein

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns in the Hands of Artists | Bradley McCallum | Smelting: A Gun Legacy [performance] from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Performance
Bradley McCallum

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Guns In the Hands of Artists - Jonathan Ferrara - Exaclibur no More from Jason Berry on Vimeo.

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS ||| Artist Interview
Jonathan Ferrara

videography courtesy of Jason Berry

Press Release

GUNS IN THE HANDS OF ARTISTS
September 16, 2015 -November 21, 2015
Opening Reception: 6-9p September 16
Des Lee Gallery, 1627 Washington Ave.


The Des Lee Gallery presents Guns In The Hands of Artists, a pivotal exhibition that has started a national dialogue within the arts. Conceived of in the mid-1990s, the exhibition grew out of artist Brian Borrello's response to the growing gun violence crisis in New Orleans. Together with gallery owner Jonathan Ferrara, the two mounted the first Guns In The Hands of Artists show in 1996.

In 2014, Ferrara reorganized the exhibition to feature work by internationally recognized artists. Through their own medium, each artist has used the decommissioned firearms to create works that express a thought, make a statement, open a discussion, and stimulate thinking about guns in our culture.

As we witness the rise of gun violence across the city and counties of St. Louis, and in conjunction with Washington University's commitment to taking a hard look at the serious, tragic public health consequences of gun violence in America, the Sam Fox School hopes to engage partners and collaborators to develop additional programming and present unique opportunities for individuals and communities to engage in the conversation about guns in our society, using art as the catalyst for dialogue.