I Pledge Allegiance
I am constantly trying to reconcile my leftist Berkeley education and deeply feminist outlook with my military upbringing. I have long struggled with ideas of patriotism and allegiance and believe we should continuously reassess our allegiances and the symbols that bind us together.
3′ x 5′
- Currency – repurposed shirts, ties, suit jacket & dollar bills
- 2019 – Best in Show – “The American Dream” – Arts Illiana Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
- Made In America – repurposed jeans & tshirts
- private collection – proceeds donated to https://www.raicestexas.org
- private collection – proceeds donated to https://www.raicestexas.org
- Battle Fatigue – my father’s old military uniforms
- private collection
- Surrender – repurposed bed sheets
- Democracy – blackboard canvas allowing for additions & subtractions
- Transparency – vinyl
- Emerging America 1 – canvas (collaboration with middle & high school students)
- Tabula Rasa – primed canvas
- Emerging America 2 – canvas (collaboration with middle school students as part of a mural installation)
© 2019 Winnie van der Rijn