Barbara...you might begin with Lucy R. Lippard's "A Different War: Vietnam
in Art" and her "Mixed Blessings." There you may find other references. Also
I'd check the New Museum's "The Decade Show" and L.A. MoCA's "Helter
Skelter." Good luck!

Mark Leach
Curator of Twentieth Century Art
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte

At 08:55 AM 8/9/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Does anyone on list know of contemporary artists working with gun
>imagery? I should add, I am primarily, if not exclusively, looking for
>artists in the western states.
>I am curating an exhibition on contemporary representations of the gun
>(commenting on that Western mystique/myth, don't you know), and as a
>recently transplanted Easterner living in the West, would appreciate any
>leads.
>
>The exhibition is entitled, "The Armory Show," of course...
>
>Barbra Brady
>Curator
>Art Museum of Missoula
>Missoula, Montana
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