Western Enemy
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Western Enemy is a 2002 by Olga Florenskaya, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Olga Florenskaya made a set of prints in 2002 called Western Enemy. It’s part of a bigger project called Russian Trophy. The prints mock how Russia treats other countries as enemies. The artist and her partner built a fake military museum with odd objects. They used flags and machines to poke fun at fear and rivalry. It’s a sharp joke about history and power. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The print depicts a rectangular flag featuring an iron cross symbol, accompanied by text in Russian and English above and below the design, along with numbering, initials, and a date in pencil at the bottom right. It bears a blind stamp for Hand Print Workshop in the same corner. Part of the 2002 "Russian Trophy" project, the work satirizes historical rivalries through fictional military museum objects, including this flag labeled as an enemy banner. The set is housed in a wooden crate with a stenciled title, resembling a military supply container.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Olga Florenskaya’s prints from 2002 turn Cold War fears into bold, graphic shapes.
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