London-based artist Ben Turnbull is whittling guns into old wooden school desks.
And he’s doing it all in the name of the good ol’ US of A.
Sort of.
Ben Turnbull is fascinated by the global dominance of American culture, and his works unsettling effects result from re-presenting the toys of our innocent youth in symbolic forms that reveal the shocking truths about war, death and guns in the world’s most powerful country. Turnbull is a passionate critic of the contemporary American political system, and explains why toys are central to his work: ‘Force fed on violence, abused by a controlling superpower and blackmailed through patriotism, the public are ultimately as disposable as the toys they once played with’.
Grenade for good measure.
Reminds me of something I saw in detention once.
