Artist Displays 2,000-Pound White House Made of Bullets

"SAN FRANCISCO - In an unassuming back room in the Catherine Clark Gallery in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, among stored canvases, sits a 2,000-pound replica of the White House. Step closer, and you'll notice the unmistakable cylindrical form of a bullet, and then of many, many bullets. The rust-colored replica, over six feet wide, was made in 2018 from repurposed bullets, gun parts, shell casings, and glass by sculptor Al Farrow, based in San Rafael, a town about 20 minutes north of San Francisco."

""White House" is priced at $500,000 and is on view indefinitely at the Catherine Clark Gallery, years after its creation and museum tour, reappearing to the public in time for the Fall of Freedom series of nationwide art and protest actions this weekend. The artist spoke at the gallery on Friday, November 21, during a special viewing, one of hundreds of cultural events across the country opposing authoritarianism."

A 2,000-pound rust-colored replica of the White House, over six feet wide, is constructed from repurposed bullets, gun parts, shell casings, and glass. The piece was created in 2018 by sculptor Al Farrow of San Rafael, is priced at $500,000, and is on indefinite view at the Catherine Clark Gallery in Potrero Hill. The work reappeared publicly in time for the Fall of Freedom series of nationwide art and protest actions and was shown during a special viewing on November 21. The project began during the George W. Bush presidency, was paused after Barack Obama's 2008 election, and resumed after Donald Trump's 2016 election. The White House replica departs from Farrow's religious-architecture munitions sculptures and engages critiques of violence, religion, and political power; Farrow has a Jewish background and identifies as an atheist.

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