NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE
“NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE” Project
I am a multidisciplinary artist recently immigrated to NYC from Tokyo. I received a Holbein award for painting. In 2017, I visited Cyprus, invited by European Capital of Culture where I collaborated with local artists. There I encountered complicated socio-politics that resulted in dangerous situations in the daily lives of my peers. I was moved by them to bring my artwork to at the border of the Turkish Autonomous Region and make a positive statement. During 2020, I saw again socio-politics effect on my friends lives. Now I am inspired to create artworks to transcend political and cultural boundaries.
When I encounter not-so-healthy-looking vegetables, like the typical NYC grocery store ones. They give me energy in a strange way, quietly. My painting series “Vegetable in Isolation” was made during Covid-19 in NYC. After this experience, I was inspired to create a painting I could bring outdoors and thus began my new project “New Flag for New People”. In it, I imagine a bright future with a flag waving for everyone. Using vegetables as symbols of radical positive energy (specially meaning of use to “Peanuts” motif is inspiration by American legendary agricultural scientist, inventor, George Washington Carver’s revolutionary success story. ), health that benefit all people, this film conveys my hopes for what is possible. It filmed in different locations in Brooklyn.
*There are more Chihiro ITO’s performance works in page.
photo from top to bottom: *All flag Paintings, Perfomaces by Chihiro ITO
Photo 1 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Oct 17 2020 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA CAMERA: Dolly Winter
Photo 2 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Oct 17 2020 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 3 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Feb 9 2022 Location: Josha Tree National park, CA, USA CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 4 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Oct 4, 2021 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 5 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Oct 4, 2021 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 6 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Dec 30 2020 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 7 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Feb 2021 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 8 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Dec 2020 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 9 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Feb 9 2022 Location: Josha Tree National Park, CA, USA CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 10 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Feb 9 2022 Location: European Capital of Culture, Novi sad, Serbia CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 11 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Feb 9 2022 Location: European Capital of Culture, Novi sad, Serbia CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 12 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Feb 9 2022 Location: European Capital of Culture, Novi sad, Serbia CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Photo 13 NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE Date: Nov 2 2022 Location: Governors Island, NYC, USA CAMERA: Mica Scalin
Design Own Flag Workshop
This is a workshop “design own flag“ in Novisad, Serbia.
Client
European Capital of Culture,
Artbox,
EU Japan Fest
Year
10/05/2022
This is a workshop “design own flag“ in Governors Island NYC, USA in July 2023.
Client
Grow NYC
Material Support
Holbein Painting Materials Co.
Year
7/022/2023
Client
Grow NYC
Material Support
Holbein Painting Materials Co.
Year
10/18/2024
Installtion
I created installation version of NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE.
These are some examples.
Client
Christie’s NY, Bronx Art Space, Anklave Arts Alliance, Governors Island etc.
Year
May/2022-present
