Coss_M 2017 2nd Amendment BookClub

Art

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Name/Title

Coss_M 2017 2nd Amendment BookClub

Artwork Details

Medium

Cast bronze gloves, gold leaf, fabricated steel, light

Made/Created

Artist

Mary Coss

Date made

2017

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Width

10 in

Depth

3 in

Dimension Notes

6’x10’x3"

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Altar destroyed, gloves repurposed

General Notes

Note Type

Exhibited

Note

KISS FEAR; BONFIRE Gallery; Seattle, WA 2016, 2nd Amendment BookClub artEAST, Issaquah, WA

Note

Taking Off the Gloves is an altar in the form of an AR-15 Assault rifle. Little white gloves, frozen in bronze, hands-up hover above. The metal gun is pierced with 30 bullet holes, the average number of lives lost each day to gun violence in the US.