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MotUF#11
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MotUF#6
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MotUF#8
Exhibition
Microscopy of the Union Flag
17 Jan 2020 – 14 Mar 2020
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- Closed
Address
- 40 George Street
- Oxford
- OX1 2AQ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Located immediately around the corner from Gloucester Green, Oxford's main bus and coach station
- 7 minutes walk from Oxford Train Station
A forensic visual examination of the Union Jack.
About
Utilising extreme macro photographic and microphotographic techniques, the exhibition is a photographic exploration of the physical aspects of the national flag intended as a reflection on the crisis of national identity in which Britain currently finds itself.
The work offers a literal parallel to the frantic introspection of a country seeking a definition of itself. The national collective self seems characterised by its rifts as much as common values; rifts between the constituent nations of the Union, as well as the potentially deeper rifts between those of diverging views about the nation’s place in the world at large. The work is a reflection on nationalism and patriotism and is in a literal sense a search for meaning within these concepts; patriotism has vastly different meanings and emotional weight between individuals.
