T-shirt with an illustration of Eric Garner
- Manufactured by
- Gildan Activewear Inc., Canadian, founded 1984
- Designed by
- Gao, Ocean, American, born 1998
- Subject of
- Garner, Eric, 1970 - 2014
- Ethical Culture Fieldston School, American, founded 1878
- Millions March NYC, American, founded 2014
- Date
- 2014
- Medium
- ink on cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (flat): 30 1/8 × 34 13/16 × 1/8 in. (76.5 × 88.5 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- A size large, white t-shirt designed by Ethical Culture Fieldston School student Ocean Gao, who wore this shirt during a December 13, 2014 protest march organized by Millions March NYC in New York City. The cotton t-shirt has printed, stylized, red and black text on the front chest that reads, [THE WORLD IS / NOT OK] below a black-and-white graphic illustration of a teenage Eric Garner. Garner is depicted in bust post facing the viewer, wearing a suit with a bowtie. His nose and mouth are covered with two small illustrations of pieces of tape with black text that read [I CAN’T] above [BREATHE]. Over the right shoulder of the illustration is the artist’s printed signature and date in black ink that reads [Ocean, G. 2014]. A fabric tag for Gildan is sewn at the interior center back collar. The back of the t-shirt is blank.
- Place made
- Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Type
- t-shirts
- Topic
- Activism
- Art
- Clothing and dress
- Justice
- Race relations
- Resistance
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mariama Richards
- Object number
- 2015.217.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.