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artists & participants
Berenice Abbott,
Arman,
Jean-Michel Basquiat,
Jonathan Borofsky,
William S. Burroughs,
Niki de Saint Phalle,
Oscar Dominguez,
Elliott Erwitt,
Andreas Feininger,
Charles Henri Ford,
John Giorno,
Al Hansen,
Geoffrey Hendricks,
George Herms,
Rebecca Horn,
Georges Hugnet,
William Klein,
Roy Lichtenstein,
Susan Lipper,
Donald Lipski,
Helmut Löhr,
Robert Mapplethorpe,
Marcel Marien,
Larry Miller,
Helmut Newton,
Yoko Ono,
Tom Otterness,
Ed Paschke,
Man Ray,
Tom Sachs,
Jindrich Styrsky,
Donald Sultan,
Robert The,
Arthur Tress,
Jacques Villegle,
Andy Warhol,
Robert Watts,
Weegee,
H. C. Westermann,
David Wojnarowicz
press release
The Gun: Icon of Twentieth Century Art will open at Ubu Gallery on January 27th and run through March 9, 1996. The exhibition will include objects, collages, assemblages, paintings, drawing, prints and photographs by a number of artists, including Jonathan Borofsky, Al Hansen, Rebecca Horn, Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Marcel Marien, Yoko Ono, Tom Otterness, Donald Sultan and Andy Warhol.
The gun is charged with paradoxical associations. For some it may arouse fear and images of violence. Others may view it as a harbor of safety and source of protection. As an object divorced from its functionality, its advanced design, ergonomic form and heft lend it sculptural and graphic significance. Yet its pervasive presence in action films and pop culture trivializes its potency. Perhaps it is just this ambiguity that has attracted a wide range of artist to incorporate gun imagery into their work.
Notable works included in the exhibition are a 1959 assemblage by Nikki de St. Phalle, a 1963 banner by Roy Lichtenstein, a 1961 collage by the affichiste Jacques Villeglé, a 1927 photograph by Berenice Abbott of Jean Cocteau aiming a pistol at the camera, and a 1972 accumulation by Arman. The invitation for the exhibition, modeled on a standardized target, will be shot with a Glock 9mm handgun by Tom Sachs, one of the participating contemporary artists.
During the run of the exhibition, Ubu Gallery will accept contributions for the benefit of the coalition to stop Gun Violence and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence.
The Gun: Icon of Twentieth Century Art
Künstler: Berenice Abbott, Arman , Joan Barker, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Douglas Beube, Gary Brotmeyer, Jonathan Borofsky, William S. Burroughs & John Giorno, Buster Cleveland, Oscar Dominguez, Elliott Erwitt, Andreas Feininger, Charles Henri Ford, Gilles Gheerbrant, Al Hansen, Geoffrey Hendricks, George Herms, Rebecca Horn, Georges Hugnet, William Klein, Steven Kroninger, Roy Lichtenstein, Susan Lipper, Donald Lipski, Helmut Löhr, Marcel Marien, Robert Mapplethorpe, Larry Miller, Helmut Newton, Yoko Ono, Tom Otterness, Ed Paschke, Sharon Pettus, James Prez, Man Ray, Carl Fredrik Reutersward, Tom Sachs, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jindrich Styrsky, Donald Sultan, Robert The , Arthur Tress, Ted Victoria, Jacques Villegle, Andy Warhol, Robert Watts, Weegee , Joyce Weiner, H. C. Westermann, David Wojnarowicz, Holly Wright