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“The plastic bag is a vessel for an ever-changing content”
Laboriously woven from thousands of plastic bags, each flag is drawn from countries that declared independence but no longer exist. Within the life span of a disposable plastic bag hundreds of nation states have formed and collapsed, the geopolitical map changed and reconfigured. In a world where the history of war and strife is predicated on nationalism and resources, the colorful flags convey the transient and impermanent nature of so-called national identity and value.
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1885-1960) plastic bags
103×164cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1744-1818) plastic bags
108×160cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1854-1902) plastic bags
108×160cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1731-1950) plastic bags
108×162cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1916-1920) plastic bags
102×160cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1889-1912) plastic bags
106×165cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1880-1901) plastic bags
106×160cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1916-1916) plastic bags
105×165cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1850-1941) plastic bags
108×165cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(-1895) plastic bags
108×160cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1802-1945) plastic bags
105×135cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1927-1962) plastic bags
96×196cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1752-1885) detail
plastic bags
105×163cm
2014
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But you don’t believe in what’s really there
You’re a young man on a dance floor
A young man in a young man’s world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
(1920-1954) detail
plastic bags
96×198cm
2014