Repurposed vintage vending machine, 2" clear balls, 3D printed glowing guns and ribbons, glass globe, mirror, vinyl decals

60 x 14 x 14 in

DESCRIPTION:

Fashioned from a working vintage gumball machine, this chrome, white and gray angelic sculpture offers a satirical commentary on America's misplaced priorities when grappling with gun violence. The artwork questions the effectiveness of the current approach, frequently centered on the promotion of thoughts, prayers, and more guns.

Atop the vintage gumball machine, a cone-shaped party hat rests on a glass globe filled with a glow-in-the-dark toy gun and a giant thoughts and prayers plastic ribbon. For the price of a token, viewers can purchase a clear capsule containing a small plastic gun and one white ribbon inscribed with a Thought or Prayer. One can collect the whole set.

Warning labels, like fancy advertising decals, cover the machine's base,cautioning the potential choking hazards of these deadly small parts—highlighting the hypocrisy of the prevailing attitude toward guns in America,especially as it pertains to children.

Sculpture includes a book of tokens and capsules filled with thoughts and guns and prayers.