In late January of this year Ashe’s Untitled (Oi, Oi, Oi) was publicly presented in the artist’s (then) current hometown of Tallangatta, as part of the BUILDING | ART ON WALLS project. Ashe initiated this project where a small group of artists were invited to respond to prominent public positions on the main street of the town. Ashe was the second of a group of four artists to exhibit. Untitled (Oi, Oi, Oi) was on public display for less than 36 hours before it was removed by the owner of the property on which it had been installed. The owner of the property had been an enthusiastic participant in the BUILDING | ART ON WALLS project, however objected to this work once it was on view. A heated public debate followed. 

This exhibition, Flagging Opinion, is the artist’s response to those events. Untitled (Oi, Oi, Oi) 2nd Iteration is presented in a simplified and more direct form - a figure, blue-eyed, dressed on a Niqab (not a burqa, as is often suggested) made using multiply, printed, polyester Australian flags. The artwork has a counterpoint in this presentation, Untitled (Aussie, Aussie, Aussie) – an image of the same to blue eyes visible behind a Ned Kelly-esque mask, again patterned with the Australian flag. The two staged photographs exist here in a call and response, much like the chant made famous at the 2000 Olympics.