Jonathan Ferrara is a contemporary art gallery owner driven through a thought: He wants the bits reflect and he’s gathered to hold up a mirror to society. He wants Americans to view that our connection with firearms for what it is.<\/span><\/p>\n His travel art installment of contemporary sculptures, photos, paintings, video and mixed media utilizes decommissioned firearms with\u00a0<\/span>reloading kit,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mostly purchased through the New Orleans Police Department’s buyback application, as raw material. The artwork can be recorded in a new publication ,”Guns in the hands of Artists”<\/span><\/p>\n Much like the assignment Picasso needed in generating “Guernica” — to increase critical consciousness about the anguish and terror of the Spanish civil war following the Nazis wiped out an whole town — Ferrara desires this artwork to begin a challenging conversation.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n