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The best way out is through (No. 18), 2006 Dye on linen 89” x 70” Michael Phelan “Neither fully functional nor obviously decorative, these objects are “misplaced props,” that become “quasi-monumental” in a gallery setting. Like the tie-dye target paintings, Phelan’s flag sculptures question how cultural traditions, once unhinged from their original contexts, can be reconstituted, redistributed, and seamlessly re-absorbed into the American consumer landscape.”

The best way out is through (No. 18), 2006
Dye on linen
89” x 70”

Michael Phelan

“Neither fully functional nor obviously decorative, these objects are “misplaced props,” that become “quasi-monumental” in a gallery setting. Like the tie-dye target paintings, Phelan’s flag sculptures question how cultural traditions, once unhinged from their original contexts, can be reconstituted, redistributed, and seamlessly re-absorbed into the American consumer landscape.”