LUNA PARK

(Meditations on Life in a Violent Land)

 

 
 
Luna Park Installation, stacked 75 MM wood rifle/ammunition cases, oil on canvas paintings, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon, October 1992

Luna Park Installation, stacked 75 MM wood rifle/ammunition cases, oil on canvas paintings, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon, October 1992


“The Luna Park: Meditations on Life in a Violent Land installation (the title is taken from a Coney Island amusement park that was popular at the turn of the 20th century) illustrates both the duality and close relationship of fascination and fear. It is a powerful distillation of the anxieties of urban life into a very appropriate metaphor.”

-Lois Allen, Reflex Magazine, November/December 1992

“Westford’s Luna Park installation at Blackfish Gallery evokes both wonder and profound uneasiness.”

-Cheryl Hartup, “Interviews with Artists: Art and Violence in the Modern World,” Portland Exhibitions Magazine, October 1992


 

 Portland Gallery Exhibitions Magazine, October 1992