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My TOP THREE in RENWICK GALLERY at DC

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The Renwick Gallery is the sister of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, which  houses contemporary american arts from sculpture to installations to crafts using trashes and currently celebrates its 50th year. My top three favorites from this gallery are the truce flag, the glass cast sculpture and the spirit box. Top 1  I was in awe of the TRUCE FLAG and the question which applies to our warring nations today, "What if this flag of truce was the flag we knew, instead of the Confederate battle flag?"  Yes, what if?  What if we start anew for the 21st century and move forward? It's not abandoning the past but looking at the future without guns and blood.  Sonya Clark born 1967, Washington, DC in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia Monumental 2019 Woven linen with madder dye and tea stain Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative A...