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‘United States of Britain’ date : 2008 size : 33½” x 23¼” medium : oil & acrylic notes : ‘The United States of Britain’ (or ‘USB’ for short) is another in the on-going flags series. This work sees the artist replace the white of the union jack, with its heraldic alternative of silver. comment : “Flags and their histories are interesting points of departure when looking at questions of ‘identity’. The state of the union; the union of the state.”

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