The Art of Play
December 13, 2023
Lesson:
Luna Luna
(amusement park)
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Luna Luna was an open-air museum and amusement park in Hamburg, Germany from June 4 to August 31, 1987. The works were restored and new works commissioned for Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, which embarked on a global tour in 2023 with funding from DreamCrew. Curated by Austrian artist André Heller, it was an attempt to "create a terrain of modern art, than in centuries-old principal of the fairground." Heller commissioned various artists to design the attractions. The participating artists included Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dalí, David Hockney, Kenny Scharf, Roland Toper, Jean Tiguely, and Sonia Delaunay.
When I learned about the story and concept of the Luna Luna amusement park this past spring, I immediately ordered the book. The amazing ideas and installations of the collaborating artists were like nothing I had seen before.
I knew this would inform a future project and inspiration for our class.
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Warm-up + Project:
Please choose any artist that might inspire you to create a themed ride, experience, poster, or banner. You are not limited to the original participating artists of the Luna Luna project.
Please allow time to watch the CBS video and read about this extraordinary project.
Choose any material(s) you wish to work with for your artwork. You may choose to draw and paint, collage with paper, or, if you have lots of time and an inclination, create a 3D experience.
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Playful, whimsical, and colorful may be your starting point.
As this will be completed in a single class period project make it fun!
Keith Haring
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Kenny Scharf
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
David Hockney
Roy Lichtenstein
Sonia Delaunay
H
Keith Haring
Painted carousel
Industrially fabricated tarps
1958–1990
André Heller
Dream Station
Wedding Chapel
1947–
Wolfgang Herzig
Shooting-gallery game
1941–
David Hockney
Enchanted Tree
1937–
Rebecca Horn
Love Thermometer
1944–
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Collaged poster depicting a carnivalesque dreamscape
1928–2000
I
Jörg Immendorff
Shooting-gallery game with political imagery
1945–2007
L
Roy Lichtenstein
Luna Luna Pavilion
1923–1997
N
Hermann Nitsch
Organ music for Günter Brus’s pavilion
1938–2022
P
Peter Pongratz
Face-in-hole painting of a woman eating cake
1940–
R
Patrick Raynaud
Earthquake Avenue
1946–
S
Kenny Scharf
Painted chair swing ride
Surrounding sculptures
1958–
Susanne Schmögner
Spiral labyrinth
1939–
Daniel Spoerri
Crap Chancellery
1930–
T
Jean Tinguely
Luna Luna poster
1925–1991
Roland Topor
Pavilion with surreal scenes
1939–1997
W
August Walla
Painted circus wagon
1936–2001
Jim Whiting
Mechanical Theater
1951–
A
Hubert Aratym
Pavilion with face-in-hole paintings
1926-2000
Christian Ludwig Attersee
Boat swing ride
1940–
B
Georg Baselitz
Shadow Room
1938–
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Painted Ferris wheel with music
1960–1988
Joseph Beuys
Text on capital and creativity
1921–1986
Arik Brauer
Carousel
1929–2021
Günter Brus
Delyrium
1938–
C
René Clemencic
Music for Hubert Aratym’s pavilion
1928–2022
D
Salvador Dalí
Dalídom
1904–1989
Miles Davis
“Tutu” for Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Ferris wheel
1926–1991
Manfred Deix
Palace of the Winds
1949–2016
Sonia Delaunay
Entrance archway with Luna Luna sign
1885–1979
E
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Texts performed in Erté’s Mystère Cagliostro
1929–2022
Erté
Mystère Cagliostro
1892–1990
F
Gertie Fröhlich
Gingerbread booth with edible artwork
1930–2020
G
Monika GilSing
Wind Images
1942–
Philip Glass
Music for Roy Lichtenstein’s Luna Luna Pavilion
1937–
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