A recreation of a historical flag from the United States Revolutionary War era, the work spells out “Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coellum” – let justice be done though the heavens fall, a call to do the right thing whatever the consequences might be. There was a plethora of flags during this era, often home made affairs using classical (in this case Latin) phrasing and symbology. Einarsson is interested in the similarities between the flag and painting in terms of both format and scale and in terms of their function as a vehicle for DIY expression of politics and aesthetics

At a time of fragmented and contested identity, both in the United States and elsewhere the work is a reminder of how self, nation and ideology are both constructed and communicated.