You can't go too far in a closet.
These four collages from this morning are about the flex, meaning showing what you have. In each one, a man presents himself to the camera, and so does the vehicle around him. The vehicles span more than seventy years of American status, and those same years saw the closet dissolve.
1952: The SS United States sits on the horizon behind a man lying at the waterline. The liner set the transatlantic speed record on its first crossing.
1958–1960: A Lincoln Continental appears in two collages, seen from the front in one and from the rear in the other. In both, it hangs above a contemporary living room.
1965: The Jupiter 2 spacecraft from Lost in Space appears in all four collages.
The 21st century: A man takes a selfie inside a current-model car, with one arm raised and a weather sticker reading 71 degrees left in the frame.
The men flex in different ways. One takes a selfie in a suit and tie. One holds a microphone. One looks straight at the viewer from the waterline. Each vehicle was the flex of its own decade, and each collage places it beside the men of this one.
The blue moon appears in every piece. It is the unseen witness, standing in for the viewer who is looking at the flex.
The closet is a dead end for American culture. Time to get going.
— Behan
