Ralph Ziman's 'The MiG-21 Project' marks the culmination of a trilogy exploring the Cold War's impact and the global arms trade. Over 12 years, Ziman has repurposed wartime weapons, like the AK-47 and MRAPV Casspir, into vibrant art pieces adorned with glass beads. His goal is to shift narratives surrounding these symbols of violence into representations of hope and resilience. The project also reflects on his experience growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa, connecting the legacies of conflict through artistic expression.
We're going to make stuff out of beads that is going to take people's breath away.
The idea was to take these weapons of war and to repurpose them.
A theater of hope and strength in the face of a terrible 20th-century legacy.
The MiG-21 Project completes Ziman's trilogy examining the impacts of the Cold War Era.
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