Yankee Go Home

When G. W. Bush was saying “You’re either with us or against us” post 9/11, I thought it was a statement complicated by the fact that any art made with the intention of dissenting against the US, may well be made in the pop aesthetics of the dominant culture, i.e. that of the US, and therefore be in someway for the US.

This led me to try making  images explicitly in opposition to US imperialism, collaged from illustrations in 1950’s American war comics.

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Then, incorporating Roy Lichtenstein’s landscapes,  I found that I could make images depicting the US Military as victim and displaying existential angst as well as engaging in the more expected activity of dehumanising foreigners.

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