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Al Farrow's

Divine Ammunition
Crocker Art Museum
October 11, 2015 - January 3,
2016

Theory: Cognitivism &


Realism
The Exhibit

Sculptures of reliquaries, cathedrals,


synagogues, mosques, and other religious
devotional objects
All made of bullets, bullet shells, Uzi parts,
guns, and other forms of ammunition
Some contain human bones
Farrow's Inspiration
Visiting the crypt of the bascilica of San
Lorenzo in Florence, Italy in 1995
Had seen a display of reliquaries that preserved the
bones of saints
Began work on the scuptures that would be part of
'Divine Ammunition'
(Trigger Finger of Sainto Guerro)
(Trigger Finger of Sainto Guerro XIII)
(Trigger Finger of Sainto Guerro XVI)
(Skull of Sainto Guerro)
(The Spine and Tooth Sainto Guerro)
(Bombed Mosque)
(Synagogue V)
Teaching Strategy
Would teach to High School students
Would follow the Visual Arts Content Standards
for California State Board of Education
Would use the following to teach them:
Artistic perception
Understand the histroical/cultural context
Aesthetic valuing

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