FLAGS
We (with our reasoning power) find it perfectly natural to preserve food and money as a means to
preserve our quality of life. Yet in the dichotomy of our actions we even go so far as to wage
wars over these symbols of our wealth and security. I have been raised in an environment driven
by this dichotomy and as a result have for most of my life been perplexed by the innate struggle
to overcome this situation without giving in to it. In a nutshell, this struggle is the concept
my art work has revolved around.
Tracy Hicks
from the Guatemala communiquies
FLAGS
STARS and STRIPES
The concept at work in these flag pieces is rather simple. There has been a law pushed to make
flag burning illegal. Yet legally the only way to dispose of a worn-out flag is to burn it.
So rather than burning these worn-out flags I chose to preserve them. To me this process on the
surface thumbs its nose at the law, but beneath the surface it questions our innate sensitivity
and national pride. We choose to preserve the symbolic character and I have simply continued
that process with this body of work.
DMA INSTALLATION
LONE STAR
STARS and STRIPES
and
LONE STAR
DMA installation
CANDLE
DO NOT BURN
"FRAGILE do not freeze"
CCA installation
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Tracy Hicks
223 North Shore
Dallas, TX 75216
214 948 0609