Co-sponsored by the Armory Center for the Arts and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, SHOW: The Flag is a collaborative exhibition of art with a public discussion that focuses on the portrayal and display of the American flag. Included are historical works produced as early as the 1960s, as well as artworks inspired by the September 11 attacks and their aftermath.
SHOW: THE FLAG
Co-sponsored by the Armory Center for the Arts and the
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Armory Northwest Gallery
965 North Fair Oaks, Pasadena
Contact: Jay Belloli, (626) 792-5101, ext. 117
May 12-June 16, weekends noon-5 PM
Opening reception Saturday, May 11, 2-5 PM
School groups may call to request weekday tour
Public dialogue Saturday, June 15, 2-4 PM
Co-sponsored by the Armory Center for the Arts and
the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, SHOW:
The Flag is a collaborative exhibition of art with a
public discussion that focuses on the portrayal and
display of the American flag. Included are
historical works produced as early as the 1960s, as
well as artworks inspired by the September 11 attacks
and their aftermath. Historically, the flag has been
used to express patriotism, encourage enlistment, and
criticize public policy. It can embrace the ideals on
which this country was founded, court controversy and
dissent, or achieve both simultaneously. Viewer
response is encouraged, and visitors will be invited
to fill out comment forms about the show and the role
of the flag in American society. Civil dissent at this
moment seems in jeopardy, because it has recently
been interpreted as a threat to democracy; in fact, it
has always been at the heart of promoting a free and
democratic society. In the interest of addressing the
issue of free speech, a public dialogue hosted by
Carol Wells, Executive Director of the Center for the
Study of Political Graphics, with Carol Sobel, First
Amendment specialist with the ACLU, will be held in
conjunction with the exhibition on June 15, from 2 to
4 PM.
Some of the artists included in the exhibition are:
Kim Abeles, Robert Aulicino, John Baldessari and
Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Tom Benton, Steve Bodzin, Gary
Brown, Nancy Buchanan, Dorit Cypis, Lou Danziger, Lex
Drewinski, Peter Dudar and Sally Marr, Ernest Pignon
Ernest, Flagging Spirits (Karl Baden, Leslie Ernst,
Marion Faller, Margaret Morton, Melissa Shook, Sally
Stein, Jim Stone, Margaret Wagner, Daniel Younger),
Colette Gaiter, Galia Goodman, Shalom Gorewitz, Josh
Gosfield, Vulfrano Gutierrez, Robbin Henderson, I.C.U.
Art In Creative Unity (ASYL'M, Man One, KOKO, RELIC),
Andrew Johnson, Jerry Kamstra, Corita Kent, James
Kodani, Ernest Larsen and Sherry Millner, Steven
Lyons, George Maciunas, Edith Marshall, Cynthia
Maughan, Karen and Paul McCarthy, Claude Moller,
Bill Olive, Tony Palladino, Nancy Parker, Sheila
Pinkel, Yvonne Rainer, Faith Ringgold, Erika
Rothenberg, Jos Sances, Dread Scott, Laura Silagi, Bill Springer,
Kat Skraba, Las Terminas (S. Callis + S. Stein), Eric
Triantafillou, Christina Ulke, Wes Wilson, and Bruce and Norman
Yonemoto. All media are represented; works were guest
curated by Carol Wells and Nancy Buchanan.
Armory Northwest Gallery, 965 North Fair Oaks,
Pasadena, from May 12 through June 16, gallery hours
weekends from noon-5 PM. Opening reception: May
11, 2-5 PM.
Original: SHOW: THE FLAG