According to Eugenio Merino, a good artwork is not a pleasant, decorative or aesthetic one. Undoubtedly, art should not be the result of self-censorship and acquiescence, nor should it be driven by the desire to please critics, patrons, institutions and collectors. In a spirit merging pop and dada, the artist defends the idea that beauty is in the concept, and that art needs to remain an open field of freedom and experimentation, willing to produce inconvenient and uncomfortable pieces that question, disturb and shake the public.

- Fight the Power
is a typically irreverent and combative artwork that stands between sculpture and installation. It reproduces a realistic black forearm with a clenched fist holding a rolled piece of golden barbed wire. It combines traditional and noble matters as patinated bronze and 24 carat gold plated sharp steel fencing wire (referring to warfare, concentration camps and imprisonment), and the raised right fist, a universal symbol of social revolution, solidarity, resistance and defiance against fascist and authoritarian regimes, dictatorships and tyrannies. It may be associated with other Merino's similar objects and illustrations, as his acid and cathartic Punch your Dictator, which figures a fist coming from the right side of Franco's head, or his In God we Trust featuring a series of wall-mounted golden joined hands holding folded dollar bills, as well as his Victory or Death, a V sign hand gesture surrounded by golden barbed wire.

The artwork's title resonates with the highly acclaimed 1989 American single hip-hop hit “Fight the power” by Public Enemy, launched a year later on their LP Fear of a Black Planet. The song contains various samples of the African-American culture and stands for justice and Civil Rights, denouncing authority abuse, mass media manipulation, inequity, discrimination and racism. “Black hand is up for the anthem”.