About This Item

  • TitleAsymmetry and order (1 of 2).
  • Call NumberVETS_0350
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArtwork made for project: The flag under which I served, 2014; focusing on veterans' relationship to the flag of the United States. Project was a collaboration with the education department of The Museum of Modern Art. Exhibition assistance from recreation therapy intern Nelson Saintine, artist Andrea Solow and volunteer Phil Zimmelman. Collage of flags. Exhibition label: Asymmetry and Order by Aldrin Sealey, 2012. Collage, 18 H x 24 W inches. Unlike Jasper Johns' “Flags” this artwork is deliberately asymmetrical and has actual three dimensional aspects. This piece indicates my view of social stratification in the USA at the present time. Cardboard, paper and drawing.
  • Date2014
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, color
  • Genrecollages (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorSealey, Aldrin
  • SubjectFlags--United States
  • CollectionVeterans Creative Arts Program collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program