'Rage', 'The Flower Thrower' for the AHPC 'Resistance' Theme

Hi All!

My entry for our Resistance theme lifts shamelessly from the theme's poster, which is Banksy's 'Rage' or also known as 'The Flower Thrower'. The original can be found in Beit Sahour near the wall separating Israeli and Palestinian communities on the contested West Bank. It depicts a rioter in sharp black and white, throwing not a Molotov cocktail, but rather a bouquet of flowers, which are depicted in colour. 

It is one of Banksy's most iconic pieces and can be found on t-shirts, posters and geegaws everywhere (in fact, Sarah has it on her favourite coffee mug). I found a 3d design of the image on Cults and printed a 40mm copy to work on.

To echo Banksy's stark contrast of the figure to the flower, I pulled out my greyscale recipe and did the figure along the same lines. 

It's a powerful image of protest and non-violent resistance, and I thought it particularly apropos in our current climate as the people of Minneapolis have been recently nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for their nonviolent resistance to the ICE activities in their city. I'm sure the President was thrilled to hear of this as well. :)

Thanks for dropping in!

- Curt