886 Geary Street · San Francisco, CA
Open Tues - Sat 12PM - 7PM

Melanie Alves

  • el
  • pt
  • Hunting Season

    February 8 - March 8, 2025

    Hunting Season is a continuation of Melanie Alves' exploration into current social issues of gun violence and the manufacturing of a culture of fear. Through cleverly crafted sculptures, Alves draws attention to America’s focus on power, greed, and the individual, and the worry that it has lead to the loss of core human values. She translates this loss into the powerful imagery of the toy gun (the "playful" or distorted appropriation of an object of violence) as a thing of beauty and pride in the form of taxidermy, referring to these pieces as “society's trophy to itself.”

    Melanie Alves : 22-250 Calibre (View A)
    Melanie Alves
    22-250 Calibre (View A)
    Taxidermy inspired Howling Wolf assemblage made of toy guns, chicken wire and plaster structure, and spray paint, 1/1, 57x10x40in
    $3,200
    Click to inquire for details.
    (1 of 19) next next