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ARTIST KEEN TO REPEAT 'BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES' IDEA WITH BOLLYWOOD
THE legendary photographer Terence Patrick O'Neill, who died in London on November 16, aged 81, entered into an unusual collaboration with former British army reservist turned artist Bran Symondson for his final project.
"Terry', as he was popularly known, allowed Symondson to take away 11 images selected from the photographer's huge archive accumulated over 60 years. He then shot at them - literally - to demonstrate the glamorisation of guns in Hollywood movies.
In the holes made by bullets, Symondson pinned butterflies "because obviously butterflies are symbolic of people's souls'.
The O'Neill/Symondson exhibition, Hollywood Re-Loaded, at the Hofa Gallery in Maddox Street, Mayfair, was extended as a tribute to Terry after his death.
Now, Symondson said he would like to repeat the exercise with Bollywood images, because guns are glamorised just as much in commercial Hindi cinema.
"I would absolutely love to do that," he told Eastern Eye. "I would probably need to reach out and find some Bollywood contacts and see if I can do an exhibition like that in India. That would be amazing"
He explained: "I wasn't looking at the film industry to blame for gun culture. I was just fascinated how...