South-Western Enemy
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
South-Western Enemy is a 2002 by Olga Florenskaya, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The print depicts a rectangular flag resembling the French tricolour but featuring altered colours and an added torch of liberty symbol, accompanied by text in Russian and English. The design is bordered by inscriptions in both languages, along with numbering, initials, and a date in pencil at the bottom right. A blind stamp reading "HAND PRINT WORKSHOP" appears in the same corner. The work is part of the 2002 *Russian Trophy* project, a satirical exploration of militarism and xenophobia through fabricated military museum artifacts.
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Olga Florenskaya’s prints from 2002 turn Cold War fears into bold, graphic shapes.
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