Public Art

I was struck at the 9/11 Memorial by how many American flags are displayed around the memorial–hung from buildings, from cranes, on flag poles. It seems very innocuous, very natural to display flags around a memorial, particularly a national memorial, and a testament to the national tradgedy and ensuing resilliance. To me, though, it is also art. It’s the person who hung the flag’s display of expression and there’s also an inherent beauty, on a certain level, in the flags and their meaning.