North Star Collage 3 Online Exhibition

Minneapolis, MN

David Luke

Reflections on Minnesota (Minnehaha Creek)

Archival inkjet print
15 x 15 in.
2024

“Reflections on Minnesota” is a photographic set of collaged images examining the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Each image in this series contains two distinct types of imagery. The first type of image is helicopter patterns from May 29th to May 31st 2020 over Minneapolis. The second type of image is a Minnesota body of water. The images of water point to an idyllic vision of Minnesota that embraces and celebrates the bounty of lakes and rivers. The helicopter patterns are meant to disrupt, disjoint and cut through the picturesque and calm that bodies of water can provide. The helicopter lines are an ugly truth that hover over this land and water.