Silkscreens

These large silkscreens are made on handmade Bhutanese bark paper, known for being sustainable and raw siena-like coloring.

For twenty years after Johns painted Flag, the surface could suffice – for example, in Andy Warhol 's silkscreens, or in Robert Irwin 's illuminated ambient works.

Warhol exceeded the demands of the commission and produced nearly 100 variations on the theme, mostly silkscreens and paintings, and among them a collaborative sculpture with Basquiat, the "Ten Punching Bags (Last Supper)".

Warhol used the same techniques—silkscreens, reproduced serially, and often painted with bright colors—whether he painted celebrities, everyday objects, or images of suicide, car crashes, and disasters, as in the 1962–63 Death and Disaster series.