Sign with "Destroy All Monsters" used in the Unite the Right counter-protest
- Created by
- McBrien, Justin, American
- Date
- August 12, 2017
- Medium
- poster color on Fome-Cor (TM) with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 16 1/8 × 20 1/16 × 9/16 in. (41 × 51 × 1.4 cm)
- Description
- A handmade protest sign by Justin McBrien used during the Charlottesville, Virginia counter-protest to the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017. The sign is constructed from two (2) pieces of foamcore held together with six (6) black, blue, and red binder clips with the slogans "Destroy All Monsters" on the front, and "Alt Right=Capitalist PAWNS" on the back. The front of the sign is dominated by a hand painted graphic of a black power fist. The fist is red and is outlined with black, peach, dark pink, blue, yellow, and black. The fist is accented with orange marks around the fist. Painted below in red and black is the text [DESTROY ALL MONSTERS] with each word underlined. The back of the sign features hand painted text that reads [ALT RiGHT = / Capitalist PAWNS] The word "pawns" is painted in white paint and the other text is mix of blue, red, and yellow paint. The sign heavily painted and depicts a scene of violence. Just left of center in the foreground is a large green dollar symbol wearing a black top hat that stands in a red river. In the right foreground, facing the dollar sign, is group of white figures with round heads and triangular shaped bodies. Two (2) dead, white figures at the front are depicted laying on the ground with "x" symbols for eyes. Behind the dollar sign and white figures is a fence topped with concertina wire. In the background, are black mountains on the left and black smoke on the right. Rising above the smoke are red flame-like figures with black eyes. The letter "C" in the word "Capitalist" is the open mouth of a green alligator.
- Place used
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Type
- posters
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Justin McBrien
- Object number
- 2018.42.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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