Painted AK47 mounted onto large format print
Decommissioned #AK47, removed from DRCongo
Photograph by David Yarrow
125 x 185 cm
ENQUIRE HERE

32 polished military rounds sit on a board of bone
A weapon destroyed for every bullet used
75 x 75cm
SOLD

The simplest of strategies, to eliminate your opponent. An AK47 is destroyed for every bullet used; the serial number of the weapon destroyed etched on to each bullet and the board barcoded MCCROW.

Space Invader made out of 60 spent military rounds on black magnetic sheet, with dimmable white neon lighting
37 x 45 x 10 cm (including wall bracket)
ENQUIRE HERE

Black on white paint, lacquered
The barcode scans DARK ART
Removed from DR Congo
87 x 25 cm (framed 150 x 100 cm)
ENQUIRE HERE

Dark Art is one of McCrow’s early pieces. The use of the barcode has become integral to McCrow’s work and is a reference to the AK47s mass production, a mind-boggling 75,000,000. The barcode scans ‘Dark Art’. Lead sits in the barrel and front cavities of the rifle to put the piece in perfect balance. This is to reflect a common struggle with weaponry; on the one hand, guns are often considered cool and exciting and on the other, abhorrent and senseless. This AK47 is approximately 30 years old. Undoubtedly responsible for a great deal of suffering; undoubtedly responsible for destroying lives. Not only from the bullets it has fired but also by the consequence of carrying such an instrument. Soldiers forced into service at almost any age, victims entirely surround this piece. It is time to begin to question the accepted commerciality of such weapons. Originating from Russia, recovered from Africa, deactivated in England, this is one less gun; this is Dark Art.

The Space Invader made up of 1,531 spent 556 military rounds. Digital warfare, this is where it all began in 1978; it started so innocently…
122 x 90 cm
ENQUIRE HERE

Nike Air Force One Trainers - Edition of 47

Nike logo barcoded with ‘AK47’. The base of a 7.62 x 39 mm round (bullets used in AK47s) attached to each shoe.

UK Men’s 8 available at the gallery - £975
Other sizes available, ENQUIRE HERE