What does union mean?

Union is the action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context. It can also be used to describe a society or association formed by people with a common interest or purpose.

Ideas:

Artists, designers and craftspeople have frequently collaborated in pursuit of a
common goal or philosophy.

Artists have often attempted to capture the emotion and tension between lovers or close
partnerships

The juxtaposition of ugliness and beauty has a profound effect in much the same way as the pairing of complementary colours. One element exaggerates and enhances the
characteristics of the other. These effects have long been exploited by artists

• team sports, partnerships, weddings, parties, festivals, protests
• places of worship, cinemas, conference centres, stadiums, stations, airports,
  bridges, prisons
• fish and chips, cheese and onion, sweet and sour sauce, crab salad
• Laurel and Hardy, Morecambe and Wise, Govinda and David Dhawan, Ant and Dec,
  Lomax Brothers, music bands
• prosthetic limbs, skeletons, webs, veins, branches, creepers, estuaries, horizons
• plugs and sockets, hose connectors, plumbing fittings
• United Kingdom, political parties, congress, European Union, checkpoints, maps