Killer ART

The topic for the 4th week of public ART is Killer ART - Art that is so dangerous for one reason or another that it has actually killed viewers or the artists themselves, or at least has the potential, actual or implied to do so. We discussed Chris Burdens earl work including Shoot, Marina Abramovic's dangerous pieces including Rhthym 0, and pieces like ART Gun, pictured below, which was inspired by both or the previously mentioned artists, as well as Campus Carry politics in Texas.

ART Gun by Alton DuLaney 2016

Then we researched and discussed artists like Robert Smithson who died while creating hims piece Amarillo Ramp,  Richard Serra and his Tilted Arc public art debate on the late 1980's as well as Sculpture No. 3 that crushed an installer, Luis Jimenez who was fatally wounded by his own sculpture Blue Mustang, and Jeanne Claude and Christo's installation The Umbrellas that killed a viewer in California, and killed a crane operator in Japan during de-installation.

Lesson learned - art can be dangerous! So be careful!