Gunhead

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Part of the Head Series - Interpretations of Corbett Reynolds Sculpture

In the 1980s, Corbett Reynolds started making a series of sculptures of handsome Adonis busts that were broken, rusted and impaled with various objects. The image of a god of beauty and desire being abused in this way was shocking as I’m sure Corbett intended. I think his choice of objects of adornment for Adonis were primarily aesthetic when creating the sculptures. However, the look he established gave presage to the post-apocalyptic and steampunk styles he used in his 1986 installation “Cold War,” which made a definite political statement.

My interpretation of the Gunhead is also not just based solely on aesthetics. I was thinking about gun violence in America when working on the piece. I was aware that the U.S. has had more mass shootings than any other country, yet mass shootings accounted for less than two tenths of one percent (0.2%) of all homicides in the U.S. between 2000 and 2016. Sadly, too many Americans have guns on the brain and blood on their hands.

The artwork was done during the spring of 2020. An edition of 5 archival pigment prints is available on canvas, 26 x 40.

Also available - a signed and numbered edition of 10 on paper, 26 x 40, a signed and numbered edition of 25 on paper 19.5 x 30, and a signed and numbered edition of 50 on paper 11.7 x 18.