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OUT NOW: Four wonderful screen prints by GHADA AMER

The screen prints were created as part of the raising flags project by museum in progress. Each screen print combines a striking statement with a deliberate chromatic scheme:

NO EMPIRE LASTS FOREVER – quotes Krishna Udayasankar, echoing the US flag

EVERY NATION THAT SLEEPS IN FREEDOM WILL WAKE UP IN SLAVERY – referencing the work of French philosopher Alain (Émile-Auguste Chartier), inspired by the colours of the EU flag

WE WILL NOT BE SILENT – in Arabic, anonymous, drawing on the symbolism of the Palestinian flag

YOUR IGNORANCE IS THEIR POWER – anonymous, referencing the colours of the Burkina Faso flag

Through her poetic-political gestures, Amer’s screen prints become a sign of resistance and visibility – beyond inherited meanings, towards a transgressive and transcultural emblem.

Published by museum in progress. Printed by: Quint Screen Print, Michael Wegerer. Format: 59,5 x 59,5 cm, Edition: 4 screen prints, 40 copies each. www.mip.at/shop

Courtesy of the artist, with special thanks.

For raising flags, Andreas Fogarasi created four flags titled Branding the Public (Austria), each featuring a well-known Austrian visual symbol. The selected signs represent the visual identity of state and stateaffiliated institutions during the respective period and are deeply embedded in the collective memory:

AUA (1972–2003)
ORF (1968–2002)
ÖBB (1974–2004)
Made in Austria (1978–2004)

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