Bang!
An American Heritage
Bang I, 2021
Archival pigment print, 40×40 inches
Archival pigment print, 40×40 inches
Bang II, 2021
Archival pigment print, 40×40 inches
Archival pigment print, 40×40 inches
Bang III, 2025
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches
Bang IV, 2023
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches
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Bang considers the American gun not only as a weapon, but as a cultural icon—absorbed early, repeated endlessly, woven into everyday life.
Transparent plastic firearms—toys, props, training objects—appear throughout. The object is handled, staged, venerated, circulated as image. The surface glows.
Through repetition, the gun becomes pattern.
Pattern becomes environment.
Pattern becomes environment.
Gradually, the object loosens from its original function, moving through the world as image, product, inheritance.
Bang V, 2025
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches
Bang VI, 2021
Archival pigment print, 40×40 inches
Archival pigment print, 40×40 inches
Bang VII, 2025
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches
Bang VIII, 2021
Archival pigment print, 40×40 inches
Archival pigment print, 40×40 inches
Bang IX, 2025
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches
Archival pigment print, 30×40 inches