The 2nd Amendment / Exhibit / 2006

A series of illustrations, paintings, and visual mixed media that explores the strange pairing of sex & violence commonly found in American culture.

Art Title - I Want Blood, Merlin Zuni, Acrylic painting of Uncle Sam with a red hat with a star on it, pointing at the viewer with a gun for a face. The background has blood splatters and the words "I WANT BLOOD" in bold red and black letters.
Art Title - Fuck the Line, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of a Johnny Cash with a guitar, holding up the middle finger.
Art Title - Punk Drunk Love, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of a punk wearing with a skull and crossbones design leather jacket, a red beer bottle for a head.
Art Title - Pill Popper, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of Elvis Presley from his western film with a prescription pill case for a head, wearing a button-up shirt and jeans, making a middle finger gesture.
Art Title - Kill Kill, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of a Beatrix Kiddo with her motorcycle suit and sneakers, stabbing a black wall with a large sword that has blood dripping from it, with red splattered on the ground.
Art Title - "I am not a Crook", Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration & mixed medium illustration of Richard Nixon with outstretched arms and red dollar bills for a face, making hand gestures peace signs in each hand as in his famous resignation speech.
Art Title - Guns and Roses, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of Slash in tall top hat and curly hair, rose face holding a guitar, and Axel has a gun face and is holding a microphone as they are both performing in the band guns and roses.
Art Title - God Bless Football, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of a priest holding a red football with the word 'CROSSFIT' written on it, and a bible for a head. Red radiating lines emanate from the figure
Art Title - The Duke, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of cowboy John Wayne wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a neckerchief, and a jacket with a flower badge, with a red revolver for a face.
Art Title - Super Troopers, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of a hamburger-helicopter with military troops rappelling down. The flying hamburger is surrounded by radiating red lines of the sky, with clouds and flying birds in the background.
Art Title - Food for thought, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of a red hamburger brain.
Art Title - Some like it shot, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration and mixed medium of actress Marilyn Monroe wearing red high heels, red tights, and white dress, with a gun for a face. The drawing is on torn cardboard with red paint splatters around.
Art Title - Jailhouse shot, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration and mixed medium of Elvis, the pelvis, Presley with a large gun for a head, holding a micstand, with red blood splatters on a torn cardboard background.
Art Title - I'm Lovin' it, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustraion of two dogs having sex, one red dog has french fries head, the white dog has a hamburger head, with red paint splatters around it on a torn cardboard background.
Art Title - Sex and Violence, Merlin Zuni, block carving print on paper, A black silhouette of a revolver pistol with a woman on a red background.
Art Title - Riot Girl, Merlin Zuni, Ink line illustration of a rocker with tattoos sitting on a speaker with a rock and roll hand gesture for a face on a red background.
Merlin Zuni's 2nd Amendment wall exhibit installation displayed inside an art gallery.
Merlin Zuni's 2nd Amendment wall exhibit installation on opening night, displayed inside an art gallery.
2nd Amendment exhibit visitor walking by trompe l'oeil video installation that looked like someone was spray-painting live on the wall.
Art Title - Ceci n'est pas' une Graffiti, Merlin Zuni, a trompe l'oeil video installation where visitors see video footage of Merlin Spraying the same wall the image is being projected onto creating an illusion of live performance.