Gronquist's Designer-Branded Weapons Make the Rounds

We like art and all, but sometimes we have to groan a bit. Such is the case after we saw Peter Gronquist‘s new exhibition in LA popping up on a few blogs here and there. The showing, entitled, The Revolution Will Be Fabulous, features things like guns and chain saws re-designed to include shiny surfaces and the logos of high-end fashion designers like Louis Vuitton and Prada. And while we appreciate the effort and think Gronquist did a spectacular job with the general look and feel of the pieces, really successfully recreating the imagined style guides that would be involved should high-end fashion ever get into the weapons market, but it feels so deflated, like something we’ve seen this sort of thing a million times before, that pitting glossy Western consumerism against something dangerous and violent.