Six Times Right-Wing Groups Went After Artists

In 1989, artist Dread Scott showed his work “What Is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?” (1988) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in an exhibition organized by the college’s Black Student Association. The installation comprised a 34-inch-by-57-inch United States flag on the floor below a photomontage depicting South Korean students burning the flag and flag-draped coffins. Viewers were invited to write in a book propped up on a shelf above the flag, allowing viewers to walk on it to get there.