Gun Totem

Gun Totem

Subject (Topic)
Memorial Park--Rhode Island--Providence
Downtown--Neighborhoods--Rhode Island--Providence
Monuments--Rhode Island--Providence

Subject (Object)
Commemorative sculpture

The Gun Totem is an obelisk made from 1,000 reclaimed firearms that were purchased through the Pittsburgh buy-back firearms program. Set into concrete in a process that the artist identifies as fossilization, bits of the concrete were chipped away to reveal the metal of the handguns. The work was commissioned through the Providence Parks Department’s Convergence International Art Festival.

Bally, Boris, 1961-

Photographs by Eric Sung, Professor, Providence College

September 2001

Providence Parks Department; Dr. Michael P. Hirsch; Guns For Good; Bob Rizzo; Capitol Arts; Assistants Dan Niebels, Lisa Niebels, and Peter Nassoit

City of Providence, 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

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English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Memorial Park, South Main Street, Providence. Rhode Island, 02903, United States

1,000 reclaimed and disabled handguns; Cast concrete

"Tour de Force." Providence Journal, October 13, 2004.

Siclen, Bill Van. "Sculpture Showcase. A Festival of Outdoor Art in Providence, Newport, and Pawtucket. Providence Journal, September 12-15, 2002.

Gray, Channing. "2001 Pullout Guide Convergence. Sculptures Range from Duds to Delightful." Providence Journal, September 13-16, 2001.

"Gun Totem." Atlas Obscura, https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gun-totem.

"Gun Totem." Public Art Archive, https://publicartarchive.org/art/GUN-TOTEM/39ba7128.

Department of Art, Culture, Tourism, City of Providence