Birmingham, Alabama-based artist Walt Creel creates illustrations by firing guns at aluminum sheets. He calls his collection "Deweaponizing the Gun", and sees it as an exploration of guns in U.S., and in particular, Southern culture:
The terms gun and weapon are practically interchangeable. From hunting to war, self defense to target practice, the gun has been a symbol of power and destruction. Art and entertainment have both taken the same approach to he gun. Traveling Wild West shows had gunslingers that shot crude silhouettes and names, but this was done to illustrate the shooters prowess. Some artists have used high speed film to capture a bullet slicing through its target, while other artists have melted guns into sculptures.
Link via Say Uncle | Artist's Website | Image: Walt Creel
check it out: http://www.ubu.com/film/burroughs_shotgun.html
Anyway, "The terms gun and weapon are practically interchangeable" - this is not remotely true.
"...And now we shoot a happy little tree in yonder corner of our "canvas" 'cause it just wants to shoot up there...." ...