Jetset Magazine, a luxury magazine which caters exclusively to the wealthiest demographic in the world, recently profiled UFC president Dana White. The video touched on the artwork in White’s office, including a piece by Bran Symondson, based on a decommissioned AK-47.
The work was created for World Peace Day, to highlight a global ceasefire movement.
“That’s a gun that’s taped up in dollar bills,” explained White, as transcribed by Jesse Holland for MMAMania. “What this piece of art represents is … literally on the other side on that clip, those are all real drugs in there. There’s cocaine, black tar, heroin, and a bunch of other actual legit drugs that are in the clip over there. It represents what war is really all about. What happens as a result of war. It’s all about money, what happens to the soldiers who go over and fight, most of them become addicted to drugs or messed up somehow. So it’s pretty cool what this piece of art represents.”
Other art in White’s office.
Albert Watson, ‘Monkey With Gun’, (1992)
Bruce Nauman, ‘pay attention motherfuckers’, (1973)
Nobuyoshi Araki, Yakuza Sex
Albert Watson, Mike Tyson, Catskills, New York (1986)
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jersey Joe Walcott, (1982)
Robert The, book gun
Smilodon Fatalis, Pleistocene era





