Polly Apfelbaum
Polly Apfelbaum's project at the Neiman Center, Flags of Revolt and Defiance, is a portfolio of 31 color screenprints that take the form of emblematic flags. Inspired by an installation work presented at the Lodz Biennale in 2004, Apfelbaum selected a group of flags that represent revolutionary cultural and political movements throughout history. Some are highly recognizable images such as the Black Panther Party flag and LGBT pride rainbow spectrum while others are more obscure. To create a new system of symbols, Apfelbaum superimposed her own iconic pop flower shape on each flag.
Apfelbaum (b. 1955) has lived and worked in New York City since 1978. She is primarily known for her colorful drawings, sculptures and fabric floor pieces. Apfelbaum’s work has been exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad and in 2004 was the focus of a mid-career survey initiated by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia which travelled to the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City. She has received numerous awards and honors including the Joan Mitchell Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Apfelbaum’s work is represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Israel Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery among others.
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Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
Portfolio of 31 screenprints
Sheet and image: 30 x 19 inches, each
Paper: Coventry Rag
Edition: 27
$10,800 for the set
Colophon from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Sheet and image: 30 x 19 inches, each
Paper: Coventry Rag
Edition: 27
Mars from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Sheet and image: 30 x 19 inches, each
Paper: Coventry Rag
Edition: 27
The Kurdistan Worker’s Party from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Sheet and image: 30 x 19 inches, each
Paper: Coventry Rag
Edition: 27
The Jolly Roger from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Sheet and image: 30 x 19 inches, each
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The Hungarian Uprising from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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19 inches, each
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Advocates of German Unification from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Sheet and image: 30 x 19 inches, each
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The Rainbow Flag from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Anarchists from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Anarcho Syndicalists from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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The Eritrean People’s Liberation Front from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Sheet and image: 30 x 19 inches, each
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The Black Panthers from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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The Eureka Stockade from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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FNL – Frente Nacional para a Liberatção de Angola from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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FRELIMO – Frente de Libertação de Moçambique from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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MPLA – Movimento Popular da Libertação from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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NOW – National Organization of Women from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Federal Republic of Padania from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Polish Peasant Insurrection from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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RENAMO – Reisistència Nacional Moçambique from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Romanian Uprising from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Sandinistas from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Socialists from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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The Western Somali Liberation Front from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Viet Cong from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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UNITA – União Nacional para a Independēncia Total de Angola from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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The Tigre Liberation Front from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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SWAPO – South West African People’s Organization from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Solidarność from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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The Sons of Liberty from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Yippies from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Sheet and image: 30 x 19 inches, each
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Buck Fush from Flags of Revolt and Defiance, 2006
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Sheet and image: 30 x 19 inches, each
Paper: Coventry Rag
Edition: 27