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Millennia Bell #2
2000
39 x 21 x 15 in. (99.06 x 53.34 x 38.1 cm)
Bruce Hasson (Los Angeles, California, 1954 - )
Encode/Store/Retrieve, December 8, 2023 – April 21, 2024, Second Floor, Central and North Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement, November 20, 2005 - March 5, 2006
New Wing, First Floor, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, San José Museum of Art. Circulated to: Katzen Art Center at American University, Washington, DC, April 9-July 29, 2006.
Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement (2005-2006)
Bruce Hasson’s sculptural bells have commemorated a variety of national and international political events. Millenium Bell #2, a small version of a much larger bell entitled Millenia, is made entirely from melted guns. On the occasion of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of the 21st Century held in Rome in 2000, Mikhail Gorbachev and Rome’s Mayor Francesco Rutelli struck the bell in the presence of Laureates Lech Walesa, Betty Williams, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Joseph Rotblat, and a Lama Representative of the Dalai Lama. According to Mayor Rutelli, Millenia “was made by melting down weapons [and] guns confiscated by the American police…to create a symbol of transformation into an instrument of peace.”
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Millennia Bell #2
Sculpture
200039 x 21 x 15 in. (99.06 x 53.34 x 38.1 cm)
Bruce Hasson (Los Angeles, California, 1954 - )
Object Type: Sculpture
Medium and Support: Melted steel guns on steel
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds contributed by Bill and Vanessa Getty
Accession Number: 2005.27
Exhibition
Encode/Store/Retrieve, December 8, 2023 – April 21, 2024, Second Floor, Central and North Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement, November 20, 2005 - March 5, 2006
New Wing, First Floor, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, San José Museum of Art. Circulated to: Katzen Art Center at American University, Washington, DC, April 9-July 29, 2006.
SJMA Label Text
Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement (2005-2006)
Bruce Hasson’s sculptural bells have commemorated a variety of national and international political events. Millenium Bell #2, a small version of a much larger bell entitled Millenia, is made entirely from melted guns. On the occasion of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of the 21st Century held in Rome in 2000, Mikhail Gorbachev and Rome’s Mayor Francesco Rutelli struck the bell in the presence of Laureates Lech Walesa, Betty Williams, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Joseph Rotblat, and a Lama Representative of the Dalai Lama. According to Mayor Rutelli, Millenia “was made by melting down weapons [and] guns confiscated by the American police…to create a symbol of transformation into an instrument of peace.”
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions: - Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement , 11/20/2005 - 7/29/2006
Dimensions
- Sculpture Dimensions: 39 x 21 x 15 in. (99.06 x 53.34 x 38.1 cm)
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