Now I am back with that exhibition by David Dunico.
It is entitled “Flag of Convenience" and has been running since mid May.
And today is a special day because “David’s exhibition ‘Flag of Convenience’ get’s its ‘official’ opening on at 2pm at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery, when David gives a tour of the show , although you can have a preview from 25th May.
Although he works mainly in documentary photography, Dunnico will often include objects and ephemera to put the photographs in a social and historical context.
As well as 40 photographs, there are over 60 postcards from his own collection, these mainly date from the decade around the First World War – and, given the title of the exhibition, there are more than a few flags featured.
Dunnico has grouped some of these together to comment on issues such as nationality, which are inextricably linked to flags. One such set is of 18 cards, from around 1910.
These feature exactly the same photograph of a woman wearing a draped flag as a dress. The dress has been retouched to represent a different flag on each card.
Dunnico has collectively titled them ‘Any Country You Like’ and mounted them with old maps which show countries and Empires that no longer exist – making the point that none of us picked where we were born and the nation we live in can change with the stroke of a pen if a treaty is signed or lines on a map redrawn.
There’s also an imposter among the cards – One version of the woman is dressed in a red flag, which Dunnico coloured in himself."
The exhibition is fee, and is at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery, Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK3 8AB, 0161 474 4453, stockport.artgallery@stockport.gov.uk
Opening Times
Tuesday to Friday 1pm – 5pm
Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 11am – 5pm
Monday: Closed except for Bank Holidays 11am – 5pm
Flying the Flag, Manchester and Salford Whit Walk, May 2018. "The Union Jack being used in its formal role as flag of our country and as a fashion design".
For more information, photographs, interviews you can contact David at, david@dunni.co.uk 0161 445 1893 / 07533 141331
Or read his blog at David Dunnico, https://daviddunnico.wordpress.com/pop-art/
* Believe in Me. Brexit protester outside Parliament, London, March 2019, "A man all ‘Union-Jacked up’ at the continuous pro and anti-Brexit protest outside Parliament"
And today is a special day because “David’s exhibition ‘Flag of Convenience’ get’s its ‘official’ opening on at 2pm at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery, when David gives a tour of the show , although you can have a preview from 25th May.
Although he works mainly in documentary photography, Dunnico will often include objects and ephemera to put the photographs in a social and historical context.
As well as 40 photographs, there are over 60 postcards from his own collection, these mainly date from the decade around the First World War – and, given the title of the exhibition, there are more than a few flags featured.
Dunnico has grouped some of these together to comment on issues such as nationality, which are inextricably linked to flags. One such set is of 18 cards, from around 1910.
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| Woman wearing a draped flag as a dress |
Dunnico has collectively titled them ‘Any Country You Like’ and mounted them with old maps which show countries and Empires that no longer exist – making the point that none of us picked where we were born and the nation we live in can change with the stroke of a pen if a treaty is signed or lines on a map redrawn.
There’s also an imposter among the cards – One version of the woman is dressed in a red flag, which Dunnico coloured in himself."
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| Believe in Me, Brexit protester outside Parliament, London March 2019 |
Opening Times
Tuesday to Friday 1pm – 5pm
Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 11am – 5pm
Monday: Closed except for Bank Holidays 11am – 5pm
Flying the Flag, Manchester and Salford Whit Walk, May 2018. "The Union Jack being used in its formal role as flag of our country and as a fashion design".
For more information, photographs, interviews you can contact David at, david@dunni.co.uk 0161 445 1893 / 07533 141331
Or read his blog at David Dunnico, https://daviddunnico.wordpress.com/pop-art/
* Believe in Me. Brexit protester outside Parliament, London, March 2019, "A man all ‘Union-Jacked up’ at the continuous pro and anti-Brexit protest outside Parliament"
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