Detail View: Graduate Thesis Collection: What So Proudly We Hail’d

Title: 
What So Proudly We Hail’d
Creator: 
Clancy, Kevin M.
Subject: 
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Painting
Subject: 
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Painting
Rights: 
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract: 
"The use of flags in artwork is controversial. The distaste for its manipulation stems less from a change in the physical object and more from the change in our perception regarding it. By physically deconstructing and re-contextualizing the United States flag a more complicated narrative is brought to bear upon the viewer. Through a multiplicity of processes, the flag is physically and metaphorically reoriented to draw out new questions and interpretations. By treating the United States flag as a medium and analyzing its formal qualities, materiality, historical context and regulatory framework I negotiate facets of meaning in my work and in the work of related artists."
Abstract: 
Keywords: flag, re-contextualization, medium analysis, materiality, propaganda
Publisher: 
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date: 
2018-08
Format: 
PDF : 37 pages, color illustrations