5-meter crucifix sculpture is made from 42 Kalashnikov rifles, the most common of all automatic weapons. It is an outcry against the perversion of the original meaning of the Christian Cross as a symbol of peace and salvation.
The AK47 Cross
By Fred George
European Installations
Palais Livingston Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 2016
Raw Art Fair Rotterdam, Holland - 2012
Saarland University Saarbrücken, Germany - 2012
Proposal for Kolumba Art Museum Köln, Germany - 2011
Art Fair 21 Köln, Germany - 2010
Alp Galleries Frankfurt, Germany - 2010
French Perspective Saarbrücken, Germany - 2008
Kulturzentrum am EuroBahnhofSaarbrücken, Germany - 2007 - 2009
Stiftung StarkeLöwenpalaisBerlin,Germany - 2006
In memory and a big thank you to my dear friend and welder Goren Reasch / Berlin, who past away this past year.
This project could never come to fruition with out his enthusiastic support, conviction to my vision and a “can do” gentleman that I was honored to work with.And to the many, many artist assistants and friends who have help set up, take down and transport this massive, heavy piece city to city. It is brutal work and with out all their help we would have never had made the scene in so many cities.
Fred George / Saarbrücken 2019
