Flower Power
2018
porcelain, multicolor fading led lights
FLOWER POWER draws a parallel between the Counterculture movement of the1960’s and the current #NEVERAGAIN movement to end gun violence, which originated and is fueled by the student survivors of Stoneman Douglas High School, who were directly affected by the mass shooting there in 2017.
The Counterculture movement was made up of young people, overwhelmingly white and middle class (like the Stoneman Douglas students), who rejected their parent’s prospect of the “American Dream”, and lives dedicated to money and status. Many became hippies and “flower children” who believed in the dawning of a “New Age” in which protest against “the system” and would lead to the triumph of peace and love.
FLOWER POWER acknowledges the strength and power of the #NEVERAGAIN movement, these young people and their powerful grassroots gun-reform movement which has galvanized and activated citizens of all ages in peaceful protest. Their mission is to change our current gun laws by voting out those governing, who are supported by the NRA and refuse to legislate for gun safety reform.
The sculpture is lit with LED lights that fade from color to color, a nod to the psychedelic 60’s and artists like Peter Max.
This work was shown at the Ely Center for Contemporary art in New Haven, CT, in an exhibition titled #UNLOAD:Pick up the Pieces in Oct-Nov 2018.
The Counterculture movement was made up of young people, overwhelmingly white and middle class (like the Stoneman Douglas students), who rejected their parent’s prospect of the “American Dream”, and lives dedicated to money and status. Many became hippies and “flower children” who believed in the dawning of a “New Age” in which protest against “the system” and would lead to the triumph of peace and love.
FLOWER POWER acknowledges the strength and power of the #NEVERAGAIN movement, these young people and their powerful grassroots gun-reform movement which has galvanized and activated citizens of all ages in peaceful protest. Their mission is to change our current gun laws by voting out those governing, who are supported by the NRA and refuse to legislate for gun safety reform.
The sculpture is lit with LED lights that fade from color to color, a nod to the psychedelic 60’s and artists like Peter Max.
This work was shown at the Ely Center for Contemporary art in New Haven, CT, in an exhibition titled #UNLOAD:Pick up the Pieces in Oct-Nov 2018.
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