Jules de Balincourt - Contemporary Artists

United We Stood

Jules De Balincourt, United We Stood The Saatchi Gallery
 

Jules de Balincourt

United We Stood

2005, Oil and Acrylic on Panel

41 x 51cm

Mimicking the graphic design of 1940s newsreel credits, Jules de Balincourt’s United WeStood provocatively harks back to a time when US patriotism was untroubled and convincing. Painted in vibrant colours, de Balincourt renders this logo strange: transplanting history to a contemporary context, its significance is lost amidst graffiti and disco era reference. Made with spray paint stencils and tape-ruled brushwork on wood panel, de Balincourt’s authoritarianism suggests a lurid sub-plot of make-do survivalism.
 
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