Loaded Objects at Spring/Break Art Show
February 16 - February 20th, 2022
Work by Sasha Filimonov
Curated by Pietro Alexander
PRESS RELEASE
Art is an object with stakes. When the Art object transcends material boundaries, it’s physical presence impacts the psychological, spiritual and political realm. Art today doesn’t have stakes. The object in contemporary art, whether it’s painting (name painter) or sculpture (Damien Hirst’s salty semen), is an empty thing. A vessel that is engaged with to identify social and cultural boundaries. In signaling towards it’s context, contemporary art is paralyzed by it’s own self awareness. Art, robbed of it’s objecthood, has become a simulacrum for its audience to identify with. A language with which the art world reacts to the world of everything else.
That is to say in so many words that contemporary art is discourse, and by nature of it’s context, it is discourse without action. These guns are art with consequence, a return to the object that stands alone and speaks for itself. They emulate the form of the firearm without it’s utility, viscerally confronting the viewer with its power and embodying, with totality, the consequence of it’s existence and its grip on America.
Wooden sculpture with green and tan elements resembling a stylized animal or object, featuring a protruding rod or limb.
Wooden sculpture resembling a shotgun on a white background.
Abstract wooden sculpture resembling a simplified rifle shape against a white background.
Abstract sculpture made from wooden pieces
A handmade toy gun made from various pieces of wood and nails. The construction includes a wooden dowel, rectangular blocks, and a few colored wooden pieces, resembling a simplified firearm shape.
Wooden slingshot or rubber band gun with simple design.
abstract wooden sculpture on white background
Wooden sculpture with horizontal plank and blue block on a white background
Wooden sculpture resembling a simplified gun with various blocks and cylinders
Wooden sculpture resembling a rifle
Homemade wooden toy gun made from planks and dowels against a white background.
Wooden firearm sculpture with a mix of colors and textures, including natural wood, white, and teal, on a plain background.
Wooden assemblage resembling a gun
Wooden toy gun made from various wooden pieces on a white background.
Wooden toy gun with simple construction
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Homemade wooden model resembling a gun, with a long barrel and angled magazine, against a plain background.
Wooden sculpture resembling a gun on a white background.
Abstract wooden sculpture composed of various shaped wooden pieces and a ruler, arranged in a geometric design on a white background.
Pile of assorted wooden scrap pieces on a white background.
Wood panel with burner image, abstract impression.
Laser-cut wooden silhouette of a rifle on a light wood background
Laser-cut outline of a rifle on a wooden board
Wooden abstract sculpture mounted on a light wood panel
Schematic of a firearm on wood
Abstract geometric design on wood
Laser-cut wooden stencil of a rifle on a light wood background.
Vintage woodworking tool illustration on wood panel
Wooden toy gun resembling a submachine gun on a light wood surface.
Laser engraving of a wooden tool on light wooden board
Sepia-toned image of a wooden clamp or vise on a light wooden background.
Wooden lever object on light wood background
Laser engraved rifle on wooden board
A wooden joint assembly on a flat wood panel, featuring interlocking rectangular pieces, likely depicting a traditional joinery technique.
Wooden cutout of a gun on a plywood background
Wooden block print of a firearm cross icon on a light wood panel.
Abstract composition of burned wood resembling a minimalist utensil or tool on a light wooden background.
Laser-etched rifle silhouette on wooden surface
A wooden textured panel with a small detailed drawing of a gun on the right side.