Luncheon of the Gun Lobby
Michael Spillers (Kansas City, Missouri)
Pigment print of a digital collage, 28.5” W x 23.5” H
Artist Statement:
"All you gotta do is arm all your passengers. They just pass out the pistols at the beginning of the trip and then pick them up again at the end. Case Closed!" - Archie Bunker on how to stop airline hijackings - September 1972
A quote from the classic comedy television series "All In The Family." I saw the original broadcast live and nearly dumped my dinner and tv tray laughing. Never forgot it. Then it was hilarious because it was so outrageous, absurd and unthinkable. Now, not so much because it isn't.
Arm the teachers? Free unlicensed, universal, concealed carry? Uncontrolled, undocumented, firearm purchases? Archie Bunker - patriarch, sage prognosticator, teller of truths.
Part of the We're Doing It ALL Wrong® - 3rd Annual Art Exhibition