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This statue might be the best thing he's ever done. I love it.

• kakacik 5mo ago
  very current, elegant yet simple to appreciate - everybody can find some reference there
• nephihaha 5mo ago
  Is it? The flag is black, so could be a variety of things, not necessarily even a national flag. Just a flag in a march. (Anarchism uses a black flag.)
  • celticninja 5mo ago
    The guy is walking off a cliff and he is blinded by the flag. I assume it is a commentary on Brexit. It is just short of a decade since that vote. Nationalism blinded people and they did something stupid. Not dissimilar to what is going on in the US too.
    • TFNA 5mo ago
      > I assume it is a commentary on Brexit. The Brexit vote was a decade ago and though many mourn the outcome, it’s a bit late to be erecting artwork about it. References to being blinded by a flag now are probably about the particular far-right organizing of the last year or so that employs the English and UK flags in a very particular way. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Raise_the_Colours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Raise_the_Colours
    • n1b0m 5mo ago
      More likely a commentary on the flying of flags. Since late 2025 and throughout 2026, the UK has seen a surge in flags (the Union Jack and St George’s Cross) being tied to lampposts, bridges, and roundabouts. This campaign, which has been highly visible on social media and in physical neighborhoods, claims to promote patriotism. However, it has been deeply polarising, with critics and anti-racism groups arguing it is being used by far-right groups to mark territory and intimidate immigrant communities.
      • celticninja 5mo ago
        This feels ai generated, was it?
        • celticninja 5mo ago
          This is a weird one, some of the posts are obviously a human, some are a mix and some are AI entirely. Maybe I just don't understand the point in posting AI generated content at all in this scenario.
      • nephihaha 5mo ago
        It probably does means that, but by having a black/blank flag, he has left it open to many other interpretations he never intended.
    • SideburnsOfDoom 5mo ago
      > I assume it is a commentary on Brexit. I feel more that it is a commentary on "blind nationalism" of which Brexit is one example, but not the only one, or the most recent. Brexit may be "over" now, but the mindset is still very much with us in the UK and elsewhere. In other words, any successful art relates to more than one specific situation, and allows more than one reading.
      • nephihaha 5mo ago
        It probably is partly about Brexit. (I voted Remain by the way!!!) But he has made the blank flag so general that it could be interpreted to be so many other things like a NATO flag, an Esperanto flag, the flag of Essex or an autism pride flag.
  • rapidaneurism 5mo ago
    And how is blindly following a flag differ between a national flag and an ideology flag?
    • nephihaha 5mo ago
      Depends on which ideology.
  • kelnos 5mo ago
    To me, the blank (not black) nature of the flag is the point: it's about being blinded by any ideology, even one that the artist or beholder might agree with.
    • nephihaha 5mo ago
      He has made his point so general, that I think it undermines it. It could just as easily be an Esperanto or a CND flag (although we know it won't be either.)
• tim333 5mo ago
  I think it's cool. I'm pretty sure it's got more press coverage than his prior things.