Red, White, Blue ....and a glimmer of Green!

Victory is Not an Option, 2019

 

Maurizio Cattelan

 

"A great walkway of British Union Jack fags leads up to

Blenheim Palace, welcoming you on arrival. The sight

can be as warmly familiar as it can be alienating. With this

site-specifc artwork, Cattelan questions the meanings

we attribute to flags and nationality, their power to inspire

both love and hatred, to evoke feelings of belonging and

difference.

 

Winston Churchill – who was born at Blenheim Palace in

1874 – was vocal about his mistrust of the Union Jack’s

symbolism, implying once that it was an imperialist symbol full

of ‘flag-planting’ connotations, alluding to Britain’s history of

colonialism and political confict.

 

As a national monument steeped in British heritage and

tradition, Blenheim Palace itself represents a quintessential

‘British-ness’, making it a poignant place to question what it

means to be British, both historically and today".

 

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