I began working about gun violence several months ago. Mass shootings keep happening in this country. This is a double-sided accordion and I've included the names of cities where mass shootings have occurred and the list keeps going on. It was not always like this. I'm a grandmother and I did not worry about my children being slaughtered at school. My grandsons have already had a lockdown experience because of an active shooter in their neighborhood. Tragically, guns seem to have become the "new normal" in America. This is a 9 page double-sided accordion of inkjet prints with mixed media, joined by knotted thread.
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Aileen Bassis
Aileen Bassis is an artist and poet. Her work on paper includes book arts, installation, printmaking, photography and painting. She received a B.A. in Studio Art from SUNY at Binghamton and a M.A. in Creative Art from Hunter College. Her artist books public collections including Yale, Temple, Swarthmore. www.aileenbassis.com