A gallery curator looks at a painting of US
presidential candidate Donald Trump titled "Make America Great Again" by
Los Angeles based artist Illma Gore at the Maddox gallery in central
London on April 9, 2016
President Donald Trump sure has many firsts to his resume.In addition to being the first American president to star in a soft porn video, he has also been painted nude.The nude painting came complete with a micro-sized penis.
The
Australian-American artist, Illma Gore, who composed the painting,
however, described the penis as “fictional” and not necessarily
representative of Mr. President’s authentic genitalia.
As a gender
fluid and feminist performance artist, Gore’s work is based around
political topics and the physical self, the significance and importance
placed on the human body.
Facebook eventually banned the work after it went viral on the web.
The painting was priced at a whopping £1m and was exhibited at the Maddox gallery in London.
As
reported by the various foreign media, the gender fluid artist had done
the painting during the last American presidential election.
Illma
said she got beaten for the work by an American who felt it was
insulting to then GOP candidate Trump. She said she was punched by
someone chanting “Trump 2016” near her Los Angeles home.
Despite
all odds, the artist said she planned to continue to sell the artwork,
and that she would donate some of the money to a charity that supports
homeless people.
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