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Blue Shotgun Shell Butte
Blue Shotgun Shell Butte
Blue Shotgun Shell Butte

Blue Shotgun Shell Butte

Artist (b. 1969)
Date2011
Mediumcast glass
Dimensions5 1/2 " H x 12" W x 6" D
Classificationssculpture
Credit LineGift of Gus Foster
Object number2013.0316.0000
DescriptionCreated by casting glass of bullet casings found in the New Mexico desert over a three-year period, the upper portion of the subject is pale pink. The lower portion of the three-dimensional sculpture is a cool translucent blue. Interested in how light communicates without language led Long to create with found objects works of art that allowed her to fuse objects with light.
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