CChecking the Cost of Gun Violence (close-up of red lettering) by Harriete Estel Berman

"EACH DAY" "IN AMERICA" there are:
31 murders,
55 suicides,
2 accidental deaths,
1 death by police action
219 Injured
$627 Million dollars cost

This is each day.
The lettering is cut from recycled tin cans as if it were written in blood.

Cost of Gun Violence has red lettering.This sculpture was created for an exhibition titled Imagine, Peace Now. Organized by Boris Bally this show address the problems with gun violence.
"EACH DAY" "in America" there are 89 deaths due to gun violence.
In the photos below, I will describe more details. Check out the post "Vision of the Artist, Vision of the Photographer" on ASK Harriete to see some of the fabrication shots in the studio.
http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2016/06/vision-of-the-artist-vision-of-the-photographer.html

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