Cali Thornhill Dewitt has had a long strange trip to relative celebrity, starting with his days hanging around Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love in the early '90s. These days, he's known to many as the visual designer behind the near-ubiquitous, gothic-font merch that accompanied the album rollout and tour stops for Kanye West's Life of Pablo. In the art world, Dewitt is a cult favorite, known for his stark, immediate prints decked out with all-caps lettering. He's also the curatorial force behind L.A. record label Teenage Teardrops and a director of videos for Antwon and Omar Souleyman.

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This Thursday, the artist will open a new solo exhibition, 29 Flags at Copenhagen's Eighteen Gallery. The show, as its name hints at, features 29 American flags, each with all-caps letters ironed on, and some in Pablo's trademark gothic. The words emblazoned on each flag allude to an infamous moment in American history, and generally a violent one that inspired some widespread public fear-mongering. Think OJ, JFK, or The Manson Family.

Dewitt spoke to the meaning behind the show in a statement from the exhibition's press release: