[Monopoly Man satire]

[Monopoly Man satire]

AAT: wheatpasting (graffiti art)
AAT: political cartoons
LCSH: Distributive justice.

Remains of 8-piece wheat paste, 2-color poster on concrete; 2x4 with bottom two missing. Subject is the Monopoly game mascot (commonly known as “Mr. Monopoly”), wearing a bandit mask over eyes and wearing a hat with industrial buildings with air pollution rising from smokestacks, running with bag of money.

c. 2020

Medium: poster with wheat paste on concrete (parts missing)

Still Image

DMM-2022-00071

[Mr. Monopoly graffiti poster, Detroit, Mich.]

Text below image is unreadable (missing). Creator is not confirmed and may be a derivative work in the style of Alec Monopoly. Notable differences include format (wheat paste poster instead of painting), bandit mask over eyes (which does not appear in other Alec Monopoly works), and lack of bowtie (which appears on all other Alec Monopoly works featuring Mr. Monopoly).

Alec Monopoly Art for sale - buy Alec Monopoly Art. Eden Gallery. (n.d.). https://www.eden-gallery.com/artist/alec-monopoly-v3 (Accessed October 15, 2023)

Alec Monopoly: The artist who turned Rich Uncle Pennybags into a street icon. Artsy. (2015, January 15). https://www.artsy.net/article/editorial-alec-monopoly-the-artist-who-turned-rich (Accessed November 3, 2023)

Alec Monopoly. Artnet. (n.d.). https://www.artnet.com/artists/alec-monopoly/ (Accessed November 3, 2023)

@alecmonopoly on Instagram. Instagram. (n.d.). https://www.instagram.com/alecmonopoly/ (Accessed November 3, 2023)

Address: Dequindre Cut Greenway at Antietam St. overpass, Detroit, Michigan 48207
Coordinates: 42.345476148161836, -83.03455858199987