
Disarm (Harmonica)
2017
A decommissioned weapon has been transformed into a playable harmonica by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes, continuing his ongoing *Disarm* series in which confiscated firearms are converted into functional musical instruments. The piece embodies Reyes's belief in the power of art to symbolically and literally repurpose instruments of violence into tools of creativity and harmony. Through this act of radical transformation, the work invites reflection on the relationship between destruction and creation, conflict and peace.
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- Auction House · Phillips
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Latin America
May 24, 2017
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