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"Circus Time With the NRA" by Joan Sonnenfeld
"Circus Time With the NRA" by Joan Sonnenfeld
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Collage and colored pencil on paper
11" × 14"
Like many artists, my interests stem from what’s going on around me, generating work that is sociopolitical in context. I am especially concerned with issues surrounding gun violence and have developed a series illustrating the gun lobby’s overextended arm in blocking necessary gun control laws. Figurative in nature, the works evoke Bob Fosse song and dance performers, complete with spotlit, sexy moves. My objective is to unmask these hoofers as circus performers or flim-flam men of sorts, with lots of tricks up their sleeves, mesmerizing all who come to see the show on the political stage circuit.
Utilizing the language of patriotic signage, propaganda, satire, and abject means to question the true values of the weapons industry and its myriad facets of manipulation,”Circus Time With the NRA" belongs to this two-dimensional series. This body of work consists of images rendered in a variety of media including colored pencil-embellished collages on paper. Composed of various components of hand guns, rifles, assault weapons, and their respective accessories, these works are constructed from printed images which are hand-cut, glued down, and enhanced with colored pencil.
The firearm lobby’s overwhelming marketing schemes, its glorification of violence, and its integration into various entertainment industries has distorted the gun owner’s sense of reality. As with the political climate, this milieu can shift from fun lightheartedness toward seriously barbaric territory in the blink of an eye.
