He’s hoping his piece “I Want You…,” a ghoulish twist on a classic American poster that’s featured at the Grand Rapids Art Museum for ArtPrize 2023, will do the trick.

Those posters, which showed Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer accompanied by the straightforward tagline of “I want you for U.S. Army,” cemented the symbol’s place in U.S. history.

Flagg’s poster of a stern-looking Uncle Sam — red tie, blue coat and white top hat accented with a blue hatband and white stars — pointing with the words “I WANT YOU FOR THE U.S. ARMY ...