Protest Signs, Renée Wollring-Halma, 1985
paint, h 81.3cm × w 121.5cm × d 1.8cm
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© Renée Wollring-Halma
These protest signs were hung from a road bridge in 1985. They called on passers-by to sign a petition opposing the deployment of cruise missiles in the Netherlands. The widespread resistance to nuclear weapons earned the Netherlands global recognition as a pioneer in the peace movement and as a recalcitrant NATO ally. The logo chosen by the Kommitee Kruisrakketten Nee (No Cruise Missiles Committee) featured figures wearing clogs playfully kicking a cruise missile created by the cartoonist Opland.