West Chicago, IL

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Anni Holm, Austin McCann, John Rakow, and Mandy Rakow

Signals & Codes

336 Harrison St., West Chicago, IL

The exhibition features original flags and texts from the four artists. Whereas flags are meant to communicate clearly, objectively, and broadly to their target audiences, the flags in this exhibition are subjective, experimental propositions. Accompanying texts offer poetic & performative strategies for ‘activating’ the flags. The works in this exhibition touch on diverse concerns, from gender trouble to handicrafts and public speech. Together, the exhibition challenge certain false divisions: public/private, individual/collective, professional/amateur.