The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) is pleased to present Silver Bullet, the 2010 Silver Circle sculpture by Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.). This limited edition sculpture is of a .308 caliber solid sterling silver bullet in a nickel-plated cartridge that has been salvaged from military training, and comes in its own velvet-lined jewelry presentation case.

Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.) is the collaborative effort of Matt Vis and Tony Campbell. Upon meeting in New York in 1998, they birthed a number of ideas including their infamous persona: Art Cops. Both artists have a history of performance and collaboration.

Campbell (b. London, 1965) received his MA (RCA) in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art in London, while Vis (b. Quantico, VA, 1965) earned his MFA at The University of New Orleans. G.A.S. has been a New Orleans based "two-man art team" since 2001, creating contemporary recreations of Classical works in both video and photography. Also, they have had numerous public performances as Living Human Sculptures, most notably during New Orleans' Art For Arts' Sake in 2008 and 2009.

Campbell and Vis are founding members of Good Children Gallery, a flagship artist-run collective in the newly formed St. Claude Arts District of New Orleans.

Artists' statement:
"Everyone is familiar with the mythical power of the so-called 'Silver Bullet.' Its legendary usage began in the 1760's in central France, where a handforged sterling silver bullet became the only way to slay the particularly large and ferocious 'Beast of Gévaudan.' It appears again nearly 50 years later in the Brothers Grimm tale The Two Brothers where its singular effectiveness in stead defeats a so-called bulletproof witch.

But perhaps the silver bullet is best known in its Hollywood version as the symbol of justice worn in the gun belt of the Lone Ranger. However, its symbolic power is not just about its judicious dispensary assuring the triumph of Good over Evil. A silver bullet is also a reference to any straightforward solution of extreme effectiveness that is sure to cure a major prevailing problem, and it is a common term employed in the world of finance and contemporary government.

In this particular day and age, there seems to be an ever-increasing need, and hope, for a silver bullet to resolve our problems. In the interest of blending the practical and the mystical, and with their particular brand of artistic license, Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.) has produced an edition of .308 caliber solid sterling silver bullets in nickel-plated cartridges that have been salvaged from military training as their Silver Circle Sculpture."

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Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.) joins previous Silver Circle sculpture artists John Barnes, Jr., Srdjan Loncar, Elizabeth Shannon, Stephan Paul Day, MaPo Kinnord-Payton, Mary Jane Parker, Martin Payton, Jeffrey Cook, Allison Stewart, Bernard Mattox, Clifton Webb, Mitchell Gaudet, Mignon Faget, George Dunbar, Gene Koss, Winifred Ross, Christopher Maier, Mario Villa, Arthur Silverman, John T. Scott, and Lin Emery.