Study of a Flag, 2022

firewood, wood-glue, metal nails














this work is a semiotic study of a flag, as well as simultaneous processing and interrogation of feelings associated with the object. it has its starting point in remembering a particular childhood event that was determining of the way I regarded flags, but extends to ways in which I was taught to position myself in relation to it. Study of a Flag is interested in the materiality of the object and particularly in the moment in which a sheet of fabric gains such value. 
©Raul Jorge Gourgel