Description
2nd Amendment reimagines the American flag in black, replacing its stars with bullet holes. Stars and stripes become bullets and lives—a stark visual collision between national symbolism and human consequence.
Rather than delivering a verdict, the work raises an open question. The Second Amendment is defended as a safeguard of personal freedom and self-defense, yet its presence is inseparable from an overwhelming number of casualties—through accidents, everyday violence, and school shootings. The artwork asks where the boundary lies between protection and harm, and whether the right to bear arms also implies the right to act as one’s own judge.
Constructed from packaging paper, tape, and acrylic paint, the flag adheres precisely to the official proportions of the American flag. By using fragile, disposable materials to depict a powerful national symbol, the work underscores the tension between constitutional permanence and human vulnerability.
Beautiful and unsettling, the artwork enhances its setting while questioning the boundary between freedom and harm.
