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Kosovo: Flag proposals shown at the Kosovo Art Gallery

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The Kosovo Art Gallery exhibition
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The Kosovo Art Gallery exhibition

The website of the Kosova Art Gallery , within the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of Kosovo, presents an exhibition of "Symbols of Kosovo", held in the Gallery from 27 February 2007 until, presumably, the next exhibition opened on 9 March 2007. Since the official contest for the new symbols was issued by the Assembly of Kosovo only in June 2007, these proposals, I guess, would not be disqualified per se, as the contest rules prohibit publication after the sending of the proposals, not before. One would guess that at least some of the artists shown there sent their ideas to the contest as well.
All the flags are shown with the same proportions, 5:7, matching the proportions of the national flag of Albania.

The proposals are shown below with the number they were given in the original source (page no longer online).

Thomas Sokolowski, Željko Heimer, Eugene Ipavec & Ivan Sache, 2 February 2008

Proposals by Artan Balaj

Proposals by Artan Balaj - Images by Eugene Ipavec, 10 July 2010

Proposal #16. Flag horizontally divided white-red-white, with a broader red stripe charged with a white map of Kosovo flanked on each side by four white stars.
Proposal #17. Flag horizontally divided white-red, 1:2, with a small blue map of Kosovo in the upper right corner, surrounded by eight red stars, three placed horizontally and four forming a semi-circle on the right of the map (the whole forming a kind of horizontal J letter).
Proposal #18. Flag vertically divided red-white, 2:1, with a white map of Kosovo in the red stripe, centered, and two horizontal rows of four black stars in the white stripe, centered.
Proposal #19. Flag vertically divided white-red, 1:2, with a white map of Kosovo and two horizontal rows of four white stars in the red stripe.

Ivan Sache, 10 February 2008

Proposal by Valon Syla

Proposal by Valon Syla - Images by Eugene Ipavec, 23 July 2010

Proposal #20. Flag vertically divided black-white-red.

Ivan Sache, 10 February 2008

Proposals by Ekrem Beqiri

Proposals by Ekrem Beqiri - Images by Eugene Ipavec, 23 July 2010

Proposal #21. Flag horizontally divided black-red, in the middle a rust-orange disk bearing a six-petaled black flower with rust-orange nervation and six yellow hyperbolic triangles outlined in red between the petals. The flower is similar to the emblem ("Sun of the Alps") used by Padania.
Proposal #22. Flag horizontally divided black-red, in the middle a white disk bearing a six-petaled black flower with white nervation.

Ivan Sache, 10 February 2008

Proposals by Luan Mulliqi

Proposals by Luan Mulliqi - Images by Eugene Ipavec, 10 July 2010

Proposal #23. Blue flag with a white spiral in the middle.
Proposal #24. Red flag with a white spiral in the middle.
Proposal #25. Flag vertically divided red-black with a white spiral in the middle.

Ivan Sache, 10 February 2008

Proposals by Zake & Fatos Prelvukaj

Proposals by Zake & Fatos Prelvukaj - Images by Eugene Ipavec, 27 July 2010

Proposal #26. Flag vertically divided blue-white-blue with a grey and white emblem in the middle and a row of three red six-pointed stars above and below the emblem.
Proposal #27. Blue flag with a white triangle in the upper part, a stretched Albanian eagle in the point of the triangle, slightly overlapping the red field, three blue stars placed 1 and 2 above the eagle and three yellow stars placed 2 and 1 below the eagle.
Proposal #28. Red flag with a small black triangle in the upper left corner and a black disk charged with the black emblem outlined in white, centered.

Proposal by Zake & Fatos Prelvukaj - Image by Željko Heimer, after the author's original, 4 February 2008

Proposal #29. White flag with a small blue triangle in the upper left corner and a blue disk charged with the black emblem outlined in white, centered.

Ivan Sache, 10 February 2008

Other proposals by Zake & Fatos Prelvukaj (not shown in the exhibition) - Images by Željko Heimer, after the author's original, 4 February 2008

The selected symbol for these flags is very old, meaningful and representative for Kosova. On this case a bit different, analyzed and simplified on that stage that this flag can tolerate.
This specific sculpture discovered on Dardania square, (suburb) in Priština, was made 4000-5000 years ago, at that time where the populations were not divided on nations.
It belongs to each community that lives in Kosova regardless of religion and language, it belongs to us, to all Kosovars. From the aesthetic and artistic sides it is a very old figure for us, but new and original for the world, very cute, beautiful, and simple, and it resembles the designed figures of science fantastic film.
The most important thing is that this figure was used before the war as well, by each citizen as identity without national split. This figure is Kosova itself.
For the symbol (figure), I was based on the Weltgeschichte der Kunst book, by Hugh Honour and John Fleming.

Dominant colours: White and blue.
The used colors are simple and relaxing in combination with the symbol, they fit and don't compete with each other. In many cases I identified Kosova even before, taking into consideration the FC Priština colors.
This is important there are no reasons for national leans.
This was the reason for selecting these colors.

Zake Prelvukaj (communication to Željko Heimer), 4 February 2008

Proposal by Autor i panjohur (Unknown author)

Anonymous proposal - Images by Eugene Ipavec, 28 July 2010

Proposal #30. Red flag with a white six-petaled flower with a black center.

Ivan Sache, 10 February 2008