WENDY J LEWIS
SCULPTOR PAINTER

Maiden Voyage and Wishing Well Fountain

This installation concerns passage; actual and symbolic, voluntary, natural or forced. Dedicated to the hopeful immigrant looking forward to a reinvented life.

35'L 22'W 10H

Scarf Brush Wagon; As a motor driven axle rotates, scarves and brushes gyrate and caress in an interactive dance. Click on arrows in upper left-hand corner to expand image

View from a different angle.
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Detail of Scarf Brush Wagon; As a motor driven axle rotates, scarves and brushes gyrate and caress in an interactive dance. Click on arrows in upper left-hand corner to expand image

Wishing Well Fountain; A Russian Jewish immigrant's postcards circa 1907 are suspended from a wooden structure. Below, a chest of drawers sits in a basin of water. Water cascades down from one drawer to the next. Miniature railroad tracks represent the trains taking Jews to concentration camps. Click on arrows in upper left-hand corner to expand image

Close-up of cascading water. Click on arrows in upper left-hand corner to expand image