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Installation proposal, part of John Wayne is Gay
The Duke Show

The proposal takes the form of a fairground shooting gallery. Its intended targets represented groups stereotyped as outsiders or enemies within a particular American nationalist mythology, including Native Americans, communists, Black people and hippies. The selection is critical and deliberately confrontational, exposing the violence within the heroic Western image.
The surviving material documents a proposal and model. It does not establish that a working installation was built or exhibited.
Targets and proposed installation


The original proposal described a wooden, site-adjustable construction with an air rifle. The imagery is presented here as project documentation, not as a participation instruction.