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  • TitleWorld's strongest Infant.
  • Call NumberVETS_0356
  • 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 with a baby bassinet. Exhibition label: World’s Strongest Infant by Chumagali Ali. Collage, 18 H x 24 W inches. America is still considered an INFANT regime as to the world’s other countries which have hundreds and thousands of years to their existence. As a child, our mother told us that an infant’s grip is powerful enough to strangle a serpent as young as they are. This describes America’s STRENGTH.
  • Date2014
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, color
  • Genrecollages (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorAli, Chumagali
  • 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