Don’t Worry Be Angry, 2017 by Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller’s flag reflects the roots of much of the famed British artist’s political art work, focusing on society – its people, icons, myths, folklore and cultural history. He weaves together high and low, popular and rarefied to create unique and thought provoking work. The inclusion of the smiley faces makes this flag look positive, humorous and familiar, while at the same time encouraging us to stay engaged.
Jeremy Deller’s Don’t Worry Be Angry is on view February 28th – March 14th, 2018 at:
– Creative Time Headquarters, 59 East 4th Street, NY, NY
– 21C Museum Hotel Durham, 111 Corcoran St, Durham, NC
– Atlanta Contemporary, 535 Means Street, NW, Atlanta, GA
– California College of the Arts, 1111 8th St, San Fransisco, CA
– The Commons, in partnership with the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS
– Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 114 Central Ave, Ithaca, NY
– KMAC Museum, 715 W Main St, Louisville, KY
– Mid-America Arts Alliance, 2018 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO
– Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
– RISD Museum, 224 Benefit St, Providence, RI
– Texas State Galleries, 233 West Sessom Drive, San Marcos, TX
– The Union for Contemporary Art, 2423 N 24th Street, Omaha, NE
– University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, 3821 USF Holly Drive, Tampa, FL
– Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ
About Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller was born in 1966. He lives and works in London. His works, trans-historical and presenting freedom of expression as a social vector of sense and values, initiate a dialogue between cultures, people, past, present and what the future could be. In the lead-up to the UK’s 2017 general election, posters by Deller bearing the text “Strong and stable my arse” caused a sensation when they appeared throughout London.
Creative Time has previously worked with Jeremy Deller on It Is What It Is and the Creative Time Summit.
Video by César Martinez, Creative Time’s Leonhardt Cassullo Video Fellow