After the Union ( Rush to Relics ), 2020

"After the Union" reimagines the American flag as a fragile textile monument. Constructed from unbleached fabric, the familiar symbol is stripped of color and allowed to fall downward in long vertical bands that gather and collapse at the base of the wall.
The stars remain faintly present while the stripes dissolve into gravity and cloth, suggesting both absence and persistence. The flag becomes less an emblem of authority and more a quiet field of memory, vulnerability, and unresolved questions.
By removing the traditional red, white, and blue, the work asks viewers to reconsider what the flag represents and whose lives it is meant to hold within it. The cascading fabric evokes mourning, endurance, and the weight of collective history.