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Two black books with white title text stacked on top of each other. They are oriented diagonally in the frame so that the spines are visible.

Year

2017

Location

New York, NY

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False Flag

False Flag occupied a shuttered foundry that engaged in legitimate fabrication for many years, but made headlines in 2014 when former owner Brian Ramnarine was convicted in federal court of forgery on an audacious scale. The name False Flag comes from the forged Jasper Johns Flag sculpture at the center of the scandal that finally brought down the enterprise.

The publication includes a text outlining Ramnarine’s rise and fall in the art world, how False Flag acquired the space, and color photographs of exhibitions and performances by the artists from the gallery's first year of programming (2016–17) in Long Island City, New York.

Collections: MoMA Library

Published by Pacific, Hardcover, 8¼ × 10¾ inches, 136 pages, Edition of 1,000

Open book with a blank, black left page and a small photograph in the center of the right page.
A book open to the title page. The paper is white and the colophon and title text is black.
Open book with black text on both pages.
Open book with two blue-hued photographs on both pages.
Open book with blank left page and two lines of text centered on the right page.
Open book with centerfold photograph of an exhibition room.
Open book with centerfold photograph of an exhibition room.
Open book with two installation photos on either page.
Open book with two half-page image oriented towards the top of each page.
Open book with blank left page and list of artworks in two columns on the right page.

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