Since 2009, every Memorial Day weekend volunteers for the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund plant a "memorial garden" of small US flags around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Boston Common. Each represents a Massachusetts life lost in military service. The Fund was formed with the help of the late Senator Ted Kennedy and local families… Continue reading 37,000 Flags on the Boston Common
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The Shrillest Flag Art on Tumblr
shrill_eflags is a Tumblr feed documenting the many uses of the US flag in (non-folk) art, ranging from gallery installations to documentary photography. The archives start in January of this year and @theshrillest (aka Shrill Cosby) has been posting over 60 times each month since then. It is dazzling to see all the many ways the US… Continue reading The Shrillest Flag Art on Tumblr
Andy Warhol and the American Flag
Yesterday we looked at Warhol's iconic screen print Moonwalk. Here are some more examples of artwork connecting Andy Warhol and the American flag. From Warhol/Basquiat at Kunstforum Wien 16.10.2013-02.02.2014 From Christie's Auction February 2013 From Karen Bystedt - The Lost Warhols (2013) in Paraphilia Magazine and Livefast Magazine Alberto Schommer
Andy Warhol, NASA, and the Making of “Moonwalk”
Moonwalk is one of Andy Warhol's last works, produced shortly before his death in 1987 and never signed. There are two regular edition versions, one in yellow, one in pink. There were also 66 trial proofs, each unique. One example: It is easy to think that this is Warhol drawing and painting over a famous NASA photograph… Continue reading Andy Warhol, NASA, and the Making of “Moonwalk”
The International Flag of Planet Earth
For his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications project at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, Oskar Pernefeldt has produced a very slick set of marketing materials for an "official proposal" for "the International Flag of Planet Earth". On May 18th, Jacob Kastrenakes posted on The Verge a writeup entitled, with needless belligerency, This is the flag we'll plant… Continue reading The International Flag of Planet Earth
Redesigning Union Jack-based Flags
In the past few years the British Union Jack and flags that incorporate it have been matters of public interest and debate. Fiji and New Zealand, and, to a lesser extent, Australia and the UK are or have been reconsidering the suitability of their existing flags. Only Tuvalu appears resolute in keeping the Union Jack on its flag. Taking these… Continue reading Redesigning Union Jack-based Flags
Ted Kaye Joins Flag Redesign Committee for Fiji
On February 3rd Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama declared that Fiji would be changing its flag. Today, he announced the 13 members of a National Flag Committee tasked with recommending a shortlist of new flags for the South Pacific nation. Committee members include a variety of prominent Fijians: Shaenaz Voss: senior manager Fiji Airways, former executive officer of… Continue reading Ted Kaye Joins Flag Redesign Committee for Fiji
What’s that Flag? (From VexTab #44)
Mars (and Kaye) Bring Vexillology To TED
This March design celebrity and charismatic podcaster Roman Mars gave the first ever TED talk on vexillology (the scholarly study of flags and their design), entitled Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed. This marked a milestone in visibility for vexillology. Mars calls his design podcast 99% Invisible, and "99% Invisible" is actually not a bad characterization of vexillology.… Continue reading Mars (and Kaye) Bring Vexillology To TED
The Flag of HDYNATION
Flosstradamus is a highly vexilliferous Trap music duo from Chicago with followers who deem themselves HDYNATION (Hoodie Nation, after the DJs' 2011 decision to rebrand their look by wearing black hoodies and sweatpants). The HDYNATION flag is a black-and-white version of the US flag with the stars replaced by a "general warning" sign comprising an exclamation point within a triangle.… Continue reading The Flag of HDYNATION
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