Old Glory is open.....

The candles were lit, flags draped, beers popped open and the doors were open for the curiously warming show that is 'Old Glory'...... Friday night was a good night to remember, its one of those rare shows that I can happily stand back from and fully say that I'm happy.....Steal From Work have made the show look phenominally gorgeous. The night was also good to put faces to names & meet peeps that I had only met through cyber world... and before i knew it I was sipping white russian and contemplating the odd journey I've been on this year... This year has been a good one..... and for that I feel incredibly lucky......

So, 'Old Glory', conveniently titled now that America is perhaps discarding the politics of 'old' and bringing in the new...

I can't help but think of how my use of American flags now almost seems to have a new meaning, could we happily be seeing the end to fear culture? Obama has a huge ball of crap to untangle, but I believe he is the man for the job, the world should be safer now that the war mongering ignorant clown that is Bush has less than 2 months to cause any more mischief. Anyway, enough rambling, heres some pretty pictures of the show... all the images are on my flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/pamglew/

The Flag Screen print: Crime Scene Print - Original Screen Print - edition of 45 - 1 metre x 70 cm (click on the image to view it larger)









Book stencils: Spray paint, acrylic, tea & antique book paper on vintage hardbacked book cover. Framed in black box frame

Fable: Frame: 42 x 33 cm, image size: 31 x 21 cm.
Nightmare: Frame: 42 x 33 cm, image: 32 x 23 cm
Escape: Frame: 42 x 33 cm, image size: 31 x 20 cm
Night Shade: Frame: 35 x 27 cm
Hidden: Frame: 38 x 32 cm
Key: Frame: 38 x 32 cm
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Window to the World - Original Screen Print - edition of 30 - 1 metre x 70 cm (click on the image to view it larger)









Night Shade image size:143 x 69 discharge & dye on brocade. Framed in black box frame
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View of the embroidery wall

Smoke & Mirrors Fabric size: 28 x 19 cm
A Glimmer of Light in the Distance- Frame: 75 x 31 cm, image 63 x 20 cm
Save Us: Fabric size: 27 x 23 cm
Storm Fabric size: 26 x 20 cm
Shock & Awe Fabric size: 25 x 21 cm
Strangle Hold Fabric size: 27 x 21 cm
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From Within 139 x 107 cm Dye and Bleach on brocade
fabric, on the deep red wall. -->
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Glory image size: approx. 143 x 78 cm discharge and dye on vintage american flag. Framed in black box frame, on the deep red wall.
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The Hunted 175 x 112 cm u/f Discharge & dye on vintage
American flag, another blue flag (colour stripped out of it and dyed blue, then bleached, on the deep red wall. ->
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All the work is now available to download as a pdf now from Steal From Work: http://www.stealfromwork.org/



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