Superimposed is a reimagined American flag its palette inverted to gold, navy, and burgundy, with gold stars gleaming against a black field. This transformation is not decorative; it is a rupture. The familiar is made unfamiliar, the patriotic rendered ambiguous. Across the central stripe, in stark white German text, reads: "Ich bin ein Künstler und kein Politiker" "I am an artist, not a politician." These were the words spoken by Adolf Hitler while in office, a chilling reminder of the blurred line between artistic aspiration and political power.