Born in the Middle East, Fashioned in the West

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Two cultures, both united and divided by their beliefs and histories, are laid bare in an impressive new exhibition Visual Art Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East Saatchi Gallery LONDON

It often pays to go through exhibitions backwards, the Saatchi Gallery's Unveiled being a case in point. Its final work is a piece called Flag #19 by Sara Rahbar, a tattered take, in Persian brocade, on the Stars and Stripes. Whatever else it may be about - accompanying literature suggests "protest against the current wars" - Flag #19 is about Jasper Johns. Which is to say its subject is American cultural hegemony, the way in which the US flag and Johns's Flag have become twin emblems …