Powerful Sculpture Reflects the Heartbreaking Impact of School Shootings

[G_j]

https://mymodernmet.com/last-lockdown-school-shooting-sculpture/



In the months following the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, people have continued to make their voices heard in the fight to prevent further school shootings. From the National Student Walkout to teacher protests, adults and youth are joining together to ensure that children can benefit from an education without fear. And now, ahead of the 2018 mid-term elections, touching art installations around the United States continue to remind the public about this key issue.

The Last Lockdown is a series of 10 sculptures created by a team hoping to remind the public of what children are facing when they go to school today. Texas-based creatives Dan Crumrine and Sean Leonard joined forces with a team to keep the issue at the forefront and ensure that there’s no complacency when it comes to protecting the younger generation. “The goal was to confront people with the reality of gun violence and how it affects children,” Crumrine shares with My Modern Met. “Even those who never experience it can still be traumatized by the drills and hearing about it from other peers.”

The duo connected with Manuel Oliver, an artist whose son Joaquin was killed at Parkland. Oliver, who has actively been using his art to push the discourse on gun control via his non-profit Change the Ref, brought his passion to the project and injected his personal experience into the design. To round out the team, 3D artist Caleb Sawyer digitally sculpted the statue for 3D printing and Adam Fontenault painted and assembled each piece.



The subject, a student cowering under a desk, clinging to one of its legs, is made for maximum emotional impact. Her face, filled with fear, is an unforgettable reminder of what many students live with each day. On top of the desk, facts about the reality of school shootings are etched for all to see. By taking this common piece of schoolhouse furniture—something that is filled with warm memories for many—and transforming it into a vessel for the powerful message, it’s impossible for viewers not to come away feeling the impact

[dlk]

1. So much can be expressed through art

Including this monstrous evil being inflicted on all our children in the bogus name of freedom.

[MFGsunny]

2. More gripping than a 1,000 words. STILL tragic is this state of reality. n/t

[CaptYossarian]

3. I still don't understand how 4 million NRA members can hold a country of 330,000,000 hostage.

The senators and House members receiving their bribes can go straight to hell.

[Aristus]

4. Madness. Absolute sheer fucking madness.

"I don't care how many kids are killed as long as I get to keep my guns."

Joe the Fucking Fake-Ass Plumber said this very thing.

We're not talking about people with brains, hearts, or souls.

If one loves an inanimate object of mass-murder more than human beings, it's time to take one for the team and shoot oneself with it...

[CaptYossarian]

5. Their love (infatuation?) for guns has created 2 new terms:

Ammosexual and Glocksucker.

Both words are awkward but accurate. Given that gun nuts regard themselves as "manly men" (in spite of their small plumbing), I'm sure these terms are meant to shock and embarrass them to their very rotten core.

[loyalsister]

9. They should be waking up to this image

every.single.day.

[brer cat]

6. Powerful and heartbreaking.

The face on the child brought me to tears.

[DesertRat]

7. That is heartbreaking. k&r

[gratuitous]

8. We love guns and the violence they cause more than our own children

I'm not sure how to make it any plainer.

[Karadeniz]

10. Love it! Don't take this as shallowness, but the image would be perfect on a t-shirt in order to

Make the perfect statement on gun control.

[Skittles]

11. my mum used to get under her desk when the bombs started falling

the fear stays with them

[NCLefty]

12. Your sig image isn't loading for me. And that sculpture is crazy...

Look where we're at, that this is a piece of American "art." SMDH.