WASP Regime Flags
artwork series
A series of 10 fictitious flags created by Texas artist Bernardo Vallarino visually explores the ongoing Christian Nationalist conversation in the United States. These flags blend elements of U.S. military flags with those from the Nazi regime. The stars and swastikas have been replaced with gold crosses to symbolize the Christian influences that guided and guide policies in both regimes. Additionally, eagles have been substituted with wasps, serving as a visual and symbolic representation of WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) culture, which emphasizes characteristics of white supremacy. These provocative objects are neutral in essence, intended to spark self reflection, conversation, inspire action, and motivate change.
Volunteer flag bearers needed
We will display and photograph all 10 WASP Regime Flags in front of most major cities across Texas. Volunteers will be facing the buildings (not the camera).
Fort Worth
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
11/15
11/16
11/22
11/22
11/23
Reach out to (TXT) 682-429-7985 or b.vallarino.mfa@gmail.com to sign up.
about the artist
Bernardo Vallarino is a Colombian-American mixed-media sculptor and installation artist interested in geopolitical issues of violence and human suffering. His works reflect his observations on the hypocrisy he perceives existing between the rhetoric of human life and the violent behavior of humanity. With his artworks, Vallarino strives to engage his audience visually but also morally and philosophically, finding inspiration in history, the media, his personal experiences, and his lifelong interest in insects and entomology. Vallarino, a NALAC (National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures) fellow, graduated with a BFA in sculpture from Texas Christian University, an MFA in the same field from Texas Woman’s University, and is the current coordinator of the Fort Worth Art Collective and an art commissioner for the City of Fort Worth. He has exhibited widely at galleries and nonprofit spaces in Texas, Oklahoma, York, England, and Barcelona, Spain. Vallarino received the 2020 SMU’s Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award from the Meadows Museum of Art and has displayed artwork at the Amarillo Museum of Art, San Angelo Museum of Art, Arlington Museum of Art, Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts, and the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.
