DREAMLAND

this drawning represent a collection of symbolic images of America dominated by the star-spangled banner whch takes up the whole sky against the sky: the top of the Empire State Building which used to be the highest building in the world nearly as tall as the ESB, John Wayne ( a famous American film icon) is pointing his gun at the sky on the left, the faces of four US presidents carved in the rock of Mount Rushmore dominate the rest of the picture right in the middle, Elvis Presley (the king of rock'n'roll) is playing guitar; he's easily recognizable thanks to his hairdo (banana) below MR, a native american in his feather headdress seems anxious next to him, Lady Liberty is sitting at a table with Uncle Sam and Mickey instead of standing in her pedestal . She's drinking coke with a straw and the three of them seem to be sharing Mc Donald's french fries and a hamburger U.S (whose clothes remind us of the US flag) is holding an Oscar int he bottom right-hand corner Marilyn Monroe is shown with her skirt lifted by the draught coming from a subway air-vent as she appeared in Billy Wilder's film « the seven-year itch »

THE FLAG

composed of 50 satrs which represent the states and 13 stripes symbolizing the 13 original colonies that rebelles against the British. The last version dates back to 1960 when Hawaii entered the Union

UNCLE SAM

an imaginary character symbolizing the US elderly man with a goatee wearing the colors of the flag he was named after Sam Wilson who supplied the troops with food the boxes were stamped « US » and soldiers said these letters meant « Uncle Sam » (1812 war) then during the first world war a poster was made, representing « Uncle Sam » to recruit soldiers. Nowadays he still represents the US