Luna Luna艺术游乐园复兴项目丨美国洛杉矶丨多位艺术家（如Sonia Delaunay等）

The once-lost Luna Luna amusement park is back up and running in Los Angeles

Keith Harings painted carousel and tarps. Image © Jeff McLane courtesy of Luna Luna.

News on the revival of the once-lost Luna Luna arts amusement park appeared in the

Los Angeles Times

earlier this month

after the attraction was relegated to storage for over thirty years following its 1987 debut in Hamburg, Germany.

The memorable park was re-staged this month in the city thanks to rap impresario Drake’s entertainment venture DreamCrew, which purchased the unassembled lot from the Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation at an undisclosed price.

Image shows Sonia Delaunay's iconic entrance archway and Luna Luna sign. To the left is Salvador Dalí's "Dalídom" and to the right Roy Lichtenstein's Luna Luna Pavilion. Image © Jeff McLane courtesy of Luna Luna.

An arched entryway design from Sonia Delaunay welcomes visitors to the fairgrounds. George Baselitz, Roy Lichtenstein, Günter Brus, and Hubert Arayram are among the artists who created special experience rooms or pavilions for the park. A Ferris wheel designed by Jean-Michel Basquiat joins Kenny Scharf’s painted merry-go-round, and Keith Haring’s carousel as other featured attractions.

Painted ferris wheel by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Image © Charles & Joshua White courtesy of Luna Luna.

“Not only was this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rediscover a lost history and share the story with the world, but also gave us the ability to work with the most talented partners recreating the original vision, which still held so much untapped potential,” a statement from the DreamCrew explains.

David Hockney's Enchanted Tree. Image © Jeff McLane courtesy of Luna Luna.

Kenny Scharf's painted chair swing ride. Image © Joshua White courtesy of Luna Luna.

The park has been sealed away inside shipping containers in Nocona, Texas since the early-1990s. A potential re-location to San Diego was balked at but never actually built. Now, its second act will bring it finally into the broader purview of the art-going American public. The exhibition will make stops in other cities, eventually recruiting new artists to contribute in the hopes of what promoter Justin Wills says is an "epicurean view of life."

The Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy exhibition in Los Angeles is expected to be open through the Spring of 2024.