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Students complain about a disfigured American flag flying at the University of Kansas
On the flag is a splashed paint outline of the United States, but divided in half with a black striped sock and white in the corner. According to the artist, Josephine Meckseper, he is supposed to represent the polarized political climate: "I've split the shape of the country in half so that the design of the flag reflects a deeply polarized country in which a president stands. is openly touted for harassment. women and withdraws from the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Human Rights Council, "said artist Josephine Meckseper . "The black and white sock on my flag takes on a new symbolic meaning in light of the recent imprisonment of immigrant children at the border."
The Meckseper flag is part of a larger project called "Pledges of Allegiance" at more than one American university. In KU, he is sponsored by the Spencer Art Museum and an academic program called The Commons. It is also exhibited in the art museums of Cornell University University of South Florida Rutgers University and Texas State University .
The global project was commissioned by Creative Time a nonprofit public body based in New York. Other flags read as follows: "Do not worry, be angry" and "THINK PEACE – ACTING PEACE – MAKING PEACE GROW – IMAGINE PEACE". "data-image-size =" fixed "/>
