These Artistic Interpretations of the Star- Spangled Banner Call Out the Inner Patriot. Arts & Culture.

As national treasures go, it was a bargain: $4. Mary Pickersgill of Baltimore, who fashioned it from red, blue and undyed wool, plus cotton for the 1. An enormous flag, 3. British warships that were certain to come. And when, in September 1. United States turned back the invaders in a spectacular battle witnessed by Francis Scott Key, he put his joy into a verse published first as “Defence of Fort M’Henry” and then, set to the tune of a British drinking song, immortalized as “The Star- Spangled Banner.”The flag itself, enshrined since 2.

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Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History following a $7 million restoration—and due to be celebrated June 1. But what is it saying now, 2. We asked leading painters, musicians, poets and other artists to consider that question. You might be inspired by their responses, or provoked.

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But their artworks give proof that the anthem and the icon are as powerful as ever, symbols of an ever- expanding diversity of ideas about what it means to be an American. R. O. Blechman, a cartoonist- illustrator familiar with deadline panic, he pictured Francis Scott Key in a creative jam: "I managed to save him (and myself) with that deus ex machina, the midshipman. R. O. Blechman). Canadian- born painter Anita Kunz, who became a U. S. citizen seven years ago, created a figure in acrylic and watercolor that pays tribute to women's overlooked role in society. She hopes it expresses "history, heroism and pride.". Anita Kunz). Each twisted thread in this new artwork symbolizes individual freedom, says designer- illustrator Christoph Niemann. But "when you zoom out you realize its all interwoven, and all these individual turns that seem random are part of the grid.".

Christoph Niemann). A grandson of Irish immigrants who proudly displayed the American flag, O'Brien found few good images of Francis Scott Key. Now the anthem's author has the oil portrait he deserves.

Tim O'Brien)Broad Stripes and Bright Stars by George Green. Composing this poem, Green recalled seeing Jimi Hendrix perform the national anthem in 1. New York rooftop. It was a joyful noise unto the Lordthat Hendrix made that morning, smelting downthe national anthem. He did a Motown sarabandand roused the bleary throng of lotus- eatersso gallantly streaming there in the Woodstock pasture.

The gang at the V. F. W. was not amused,preferring a traditional arrangementof the peppy trumpet march turned drinking songfirst known as “To Anacreon in Heaven.”Enter Francis Scott Key, the lawyer- poet,perched in the rigging of a British sloop,an overdressed envoy gesticulatinglike a tenor toward the bombed fort and snapping flag,his verses coming in a vatic tranceto be scribbled later on an envelope. All night on deck Doc Beane had paced and nattered,“Is our flag still there?” It was, and Key’s poetasterywas soon sung out by choirs across the land. But the president and his bewildered cabinethad gathered like rambling gypsies on a hilltop,the better to behold their smoking capital,and Dolley Madison, disguised as a farmwife,wandered in a wagon, up and down the roads,for two days nearly lost in the countryside.

The first stanza (O Say Can You See..) makes the flag musical," the painter Peter Halley says of his vision for this flowing photomontage. In a way the stars and stripes get equated with streaming and bursting.". Peter Halley). Pianist Rachel Grimes. Jeremy Cowart)Pianist Rachel Grimes, who says "independence and freedom" are critical to artists, thought about Mary Pickersgill and "how deeply personal making the flag would have been.". To renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, a Polish immigrant, the U. Watch Le Voyage Sur Jupiter Online (2017) on this page.

S. flag means "freedom of the individual, of religion, of democracy." Steel and aluminum convey the symbol's indestructibility. Henry Leutwyler). The War of 1. 81. Brad Holland, who was raised in Fremont, Ohio, the site of Fort Stephenson, which was attacked by the British. His subject - - Fort Mc. Henry the morning after the 1. Brad Holland)The pioneering video artist has captured the ambient sound of cars passing and slowed it to one- quarter time, matching the flag image and creating a startling new perception of a familiar sight.

Terry Winter's notebook- collage is based on a 1. Smithsonian working to restore the Star- Spangled Banner in a room with a model of a giant squid. Terry Winters)"This was just one person, making one thing," says artist and filmmaker Matt Mahurin of the original banner's fabricator. And the object survived- - but more importantly, the ideas did.". From Ralph Lauren Studio, the American designer's creative team, comes a banner tribute reminiscent of a homespun tapestry: oil paint on burlap, about 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 feet. Photo by Travis Rathbone). Jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson.

Clayton Cubitt)"I was thinking about the state the world was in, being an American- - there's such a mix of positives and negatives," says jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson of her inspiration. Robert Longo's 1. Petzel Gallery in New York) evokes Captain Ahab's sinking ship and "reflects a physical manifestation of American hubris.". Untitled (the Pequod)" by Robert Longo; 2.

I'm drawn to the unadroned, rough, simple image," says graphic designer David Carson, who provocatively paired close- up images of the Stars and Stripes with an old snapshot of his father, Robert, taken when he was a military test pilot. David Carson). "Jean- Michel Basquiat always saw the flag as American art," says Alexis Adler, who lived with the graffitist- turned- art- world- sensation. Basquiat, who created this work around 1. Photo by adam reich / Alexis Adler archives).