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Gun Show Art galleries function as spaces that allow for viewing and contemplation of objects and ideas. A gun range is a place where people can go to shoot paper targets. In both the gallery and gun range, the space between the viewer and the object in view is charged. It’s a space where an interaction is taking place. These works do not exist to tell the viewer what to think about guns, but to serve as a tool to help the viewer formulate their own thoughts and feelings about the object of the gun. They bear the image of guns and targets, however they are mechanically functionless. Objects designed for pure and specific function are twisted and used as an art making tool. Using handguns as drawing tools, and abstracting target forms, they aim to be both objects of contemplation, and to draw attention to the materiality of themselves. @micahsthetic
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