Objects Sculptures Installations
Flag of Compassion
2008
first public presentation
exhibition Sonsbeek 2008: Grandeur
installation
size of the Flag: 400 x 560 cm
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A Flag of Compassion was shown together with The White Shroud in the summer of 2008 at the international show in park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, the Netherlands. The Flag was flying on an 18 meters high flagpole that stood in the meadows among the cows near the park’s entrance, where the art exhibition meets the social life of the city.
The Flag of Compassion consists of an undulating golden yellow horizontal bar centrally placed on a white field. The colour white symbolizes purity, non-violence and peace. The colour golden yellow represents vital energy, warmth and compassion, as the positive forces of humanity.
The Flag of Compassion is not the symbol of a nation, institution, society, political party or religious conviction but expresses an abstract concept of universal human value. It is a means for every individual to express compassion. See www.flagofcompassion.com