My gun is prettier than yours!
Peter Gronquist is a sculpture and a painter that definitely
has been influenced by pop-culture and has a good time making fun of it. His
works comprise of regular subjects such as a grenade and meshes it with pop
culture such as making it into Pac-man. I personally like the sculptures more
because they offer a satire on modern fashion. Different brands like Channel,
D&G, and Prada are all the rave and people want to get their hands on it no
matter what. On top of that the products are usually stupid expensive and one
could get a $20 purse that looks just the same but because of the brand it
makes all the difference. So what Mr. Gronquist has done is; he took weapons of
death and made them fashionable. On that note, and ad campaign just popped into
my head… “Gold plated D&G
AK-47’s look great on your person as you spray an entire poverty stricken
village! Get your Prada Uzi and the Pac-man grenades really go great with it.
The matching colors really help your style pop! Only 500,000 dollars!” By
making the guns look this way, in my opinion, is a statement saying that things
that kill are now accepted into society because everyone wants it.
