

Smith & Wesson 5906
2008
Gun from TV show “The Shield” from the artists “Second Amendment“ series
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- Silver gelatin print, acrylic polymer, and resin, on wood and aluminum panel
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Collectors with works by James Georgopoulos
Artists in conversation

Richard Prince
American · b. 1949

Prince rephotographs and recontextualizes existing media images including guns and American pop culture iconography, layering conceptual commentary over photographic source material in a manner directly comparable to Georgopoulos painting over a television prop weapon photograph.

Vik Muniz
Brazilian · b. 1961

Muniz combines photography with additional hand applied materials and pigments to create layered mixed media works that interrogate the meaning of objects and popular imagery, sharing Georgopoulos's core strategy of physically intervening on photographic surfaces to add social and conceptual weight.

Mel Ramos
American · b. 1935

Ramos merged Pop Art aesthetics with bold warm colors and American consumer and pop culture objects including weapons and mass media references, producing vibrant figurative still life imagery that closely parallels Georgopoulos's colorful acrylic treatment of a television prop handgun.
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