Chicago Flag Exhibition
- Artist/Author/Producer: Barbara Aubin, Diane Grams along with 8 other artists
- Confronting Bodies: City of Chicago
- Dates of action: October, 1989
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Description of the Art Work
- Ten works of art utilizing the flag as a political statement.
- Description of incident
- The city sued to ban nine flag artworks from public display before the
exhibit began, but three weeks later the ACLU won the right to legally
display the works of art for a day in their offices until the judge had a
chance to make a decision on the case a week later.
- Results of incident
- The ACLU sought a ban on all prosecutions of artistic or political
expressions involving flags, saying the Chicago ordinance violates the
First Amendment and is unworkably vague. The group of artist received
settlement to cover all defense fee along with the right to show their
work.
Source: Committee For Artists' Rights Archive
