GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE. 

1991.  Oil, photos (40 X 32”).  Nfs.  Courtesy Kira Sanbonmatsu.           

 

ARTIST COMMENT:  Never had hope for democracy and freedom shone on such courageous and believing young faces--until the machinery of war turned on its own children.  [Photos fr. BEIJING SPRING, CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON, AND TIANANMEN SQUARE.  Chinese text: GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE, PEACE.]