Reclamation Group Show at Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Reclamation is the act of making something old or discarded new again. In one sense, others’ scraps are others’ choice materials, making something from nothing. This art in this exhibition advances this idea by using what has been left behind to bring it back to life. The materials themselves are at the heart of the exhibition, representing individual ideologies of the artists. I’m honored so show my work alongside Lucien Shapiro and Ben Venom at the exquisite Fort Wayne Museum of Art.

In the spirit of the “Reclamation” exhibit, I have reclaimed imagery referring to 2nd amendment gun culture with skulls and crossed rifles, and applied it to that of the 1st Amendment. One print states an explicit proclamation of support for the freedom of speech while another supports the freedom of religion by editing a familiar phrase to make it reflect the true mandates given by Christianity specifically.

Each is an 11 x 17 inch, two color screen print on french paper which comes with a “Mightier Than” bullet sculpture. The sculptures are made from speedball pen nibs, a section of a #2 pencil and a spent 308 ammunition cartridge laser etched with the saw and hatchet symbol present in all my work.