Microscope Gallery, New York
Matt Town
Shell Midden 2, 2019
Copper bullets, bulletproof acrylic
5 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches
Shipping Location: Los Angeles
This work is an assemblage of found bullet casings collected by the artist from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands and other shooting areas in the American Southwest, encased within...
This work is an assemblage of found bullet casings collected by the artist from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands and other shooting areas in the American Southwest, encased within bulletproof plexiglass. The title alludes to the gun shells, empty beer cans, truck tracks and other debris left behind at these DIY firing ranges standing in contrast to the seafood shells and other refuse of archeological shell middens, along the coasts of Florida where the artist grew up. Town asks how will American gun culture be understood in the future?