Stars and Stripes: Pride or Despair

August 30, 2008 – October 10, 2008

Stars and Stripes: Pride or Despair is a thought provoking exhibition featuring interpretations of the American flag which address the current social and political climate. Incorporating the field of stars and stripes, artists from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds celebrate, challenge, question, and redefine ideologies of democracy and patriotism.

Wesley E. Clark, Bare Witness, Mixed Media on Canvas, 32″x 10″

Featuring: Maya Freelon Asante, Christina Batipps, Susan Brandt, Wesley Clark, Calvin Coleman, Megan Hildebrandt, Cynthia Farrell Johnson, Jeffrey Kent, Ulysses Marshall, Bruce McNeil, Aïdah Aliyah Rasheed, Halide Salam, Desiree Sterbini, Rebecca Waring, Ann Marie Williams and Helen Zughaib.

Artwork

Jeffrey Kent
American?
Acrylic, Oil Stick on Wood Crate
41in.x 27in.

Helen Zughaib
Flag Abaya #3
Gouache on Board
15in.x 20in.

Wesley E. Clark
We Need
Mixed Media on Canvas
30in.x 44in.

Cynthia Farrell Johnson
Around My Way: July 4th
Gouache
14in.x 20in.

Susan Brandt
Patriot Act
Cloth, Wood and Chicken Wire
5'7in.x 23in.x 21in.

Calvin Coleman
A Walk in Her Shoes
Acrylic/Mixed Media
16in.x 20in.

Desiree Sterbini
A Mother's Pain and Despair
Oil Pastels
13in.x 19in.

Rebecca Waring
Spangled
Acrylic on Canvas
Diptych, 18in.x24 each

Helen Zughaib
Flag Abaya #2
Gouache on Board
15in.x 20in.

Halide Salam
Flagellation #2
Collage
23in.x 17in.

Halide Salam
Title Withheld No. 6
Oil/Rubber on Canvas
48in.x 48in.

Ann Marie Williams
Katrinagate
Acrylic and Collage
30in.x 30in.

Halide Salam
Title Withheld No. 2
Oil/Rubber on Canvas
48in.x 48in.

Bruce McNeil
Protecting Liberty and Justice for All
Digital Print
16in.x 20in.

Wesley E. Clark
Bare Witness
Mixed Media on Canvas
32in.x 10in.

Ulysses Marshall
Come as You Are
Mixed Media
24in.x 30in.

Megan Hildebrandt
Megan Aides Francis Scott Key in Penning the Star Spangled Banner
Ink and Acrylic on Bristol
10in.x 12in.

Christine Batipps
A Sixty-foot Fence, Americans to be Displaced
Mixed Media on Panel
24in.x 24in.

Maya Freelon Asante
See Peace
Archival Digital Print
5.5in.x 8.5in.

Megan Hildebrandt
1814 - Mary Pickersgill
Ink, Gouache and Watercolor on Bristol
8in.x 14in.

Cynthia Farrell Johnson
Time to Mourn
Gouache
19in.x 25in.

Wesley E. Clark
Nat's Day
Acrylic on Canvas
24in.x 44in.

Maya Freelon Asante
Us, Me, We
Tissue Paper and Ink Collage
7'x 4'

Ulysses Marshall
Come as You Are
Mixed Media
24in.x 30in.

Aidah Aliyah Rasheed
Hold my Hand for I am Weary
Mixed Media
60in.x 48in.

Christine Batipps
Mattie, a Colored Girl, 1904-Present
Mixed Media on Panel
24in.x 24in.

Halide Salam
Flagellation #1
Collage
17in.x 25in.

Wesley Clark
Time to Talk
Mixed Media on Canvas
32in.x 73in.

Halide Salam
Title Withheld No. 5
Oil/Rubber on Canvas
20in.x 32in.

Bruce McNeil
Protector of Protesters
Digital Print
16in.x 20in.

Helen Zughaib
Flag Abaya #1
Gouache on Board
15in.x 20in.