WHITE FLAGS, started 2020
Hand-woven on a loom—a “war machine” (război) in Romanian—from cotton, wool and occasional fragments of newspapers and press clippings, each White Flag accounts for a real-life prisoner swap.
White Flags (2022: U.S.-American vs. Russian), 2020/2023
Cotton and wool hand-woven on loom (război)
Flag: 48 x 24-3/4” / 122 x 63 cm | Pole: 78-3/4 x 27-1/2” / 200 x 70 cm
White Flags (2011: Israeli vs. Palestinian, Ukrainian, Jordanian & Syrian), 2020/2023
Cotton and wool hand-woven on loom (război)
Flag: 82-1/4 x 26-3/4” / 209 x 68 cm | Pole: 90-1/2 x 27-1/2” / 230 x 70 cm
White Flags (2021: Chinese vs. Canadian), 2020/2024
Cotton, wool and newspaper hand-woven on loom (război)
Flag: 49-1/2 x 25-1/4” / 126 x 64 cm | Pole: 78-3/4 x 29” / 200 x 74 cm
White Flags (2022: Russian & Ukrainian vs. Ukrainian, British, Moroccan, US-American, Croatian & Swedish), 2020/2024
Cotton, wool and newspaper hand-woven on loom (război)
Flag: 82-1/4 x 26” / 209 x 66 cm | Pole: 90-1/2 x 30” / 230 x 76 cm
White Flags (2020: Iranian vs. Australian), 2020/2024
Cotton, wool and newspaper hand-woven on loom (război)
Flag: 46-1/2 x 25-1/4” / 118 x 64 cm | Pole: 78-3/4 x 29” / 200 x 74 cm
White Flags (2020: French, Italian & Malian vs. Malian), 2020/2024
Cotton, wool and newspaper hand-woven on loom (război)
Flag: 73-1/4 x 27-1/4” / 186 x 69 cm | Pole: 86-1/2 x 30” / 220 x 76 cm
White Flags (2019: Iranian vs. U.S.-American), 2020/2024
Cotton, wool and newspaper hand-woven on loom (război)
Flag: 49-1/4 x 24-1/2” / 125 x 62 cm | Pole: 78-3/4 x 28-1/4” / 200 x 72 cm
White Flags (1985: Polish, East German & Bulgarian vs. Undisclosed European), 2020/2025
Cotton, wool and newspaper hand-woven on loom (război)
Flag: 61-1/2 x 25-1/2” / 156 x 65 cm | Pole: 82-3/4 x 28-1/4” / 210 x 72 cm
White Flags (1978: U.S.-American vs. U.S.-American vs. Israeli), 2020/2025
Cotton, wool and newspaper hand-woven on loom (război)
Flag: 69-3/4 x 26-3/4” / 177 x 68 cm | Pole: 86-1/2 x 29-1/2” / 220 x 75 cm
