American Freedom Song, 2017

This work is one of a series that explores what it should mean to live in the USA, a country primarily of immigrants. In this work I took designs from Islamic culture and painted them on both sides of a transparent mylar (plastic) sheet. In one s...

This work is one of a series that explores what it should mean to live in the USA, a country primarily of immigrants. In this work I took designs from Islamic culture and painted them on both sides of a transparent mylar (plastic) sheet. In one side I have the original colors, and the other side is in the red, white, and blue of the US flag. By harmonizing the two sided composition, my hope is to show that disparate groups can and should live harmoniously in the States as well. The painting is translucent and resembles stained glass when in diffused sunlight. The stained glass effect is meant to bring to mind the sacredness of the United States’ American experiment.