Donald Trump and Illma Gore


There has been so much discussion of the notorious Donald Trump today as his Muslim hate campaign, extreme right wing politics and violent campaign rally's that I would be remissed if I didn't include him in my project. Donald Trump is becoming a very influential figure; not neccasserily for the right reasons. I read an article about an argument between Trump and the Pope, which I thought was utterly bizarre. In it, the pope questioned Trumps Christianity as he believes that bridges should be built instead of walls (referring to Trumps plans to build a wall between America and Mexico) to which Trump replies with the fair point of the wall around Vatican City. Trump may have had a clever comeback, however the Vatican City has a right to have a wall as a border whereas Trumps wall between Mexico is an act of racism and segregation. The fact that the pope made a point of questioning his faith is a testament to Trumps delusion; he believes he is a devout Christian.

 After much research into this man I have found that he has done unspeakable things that would make a Christian, such as the pope himself, disappointed:

Illma Gore is an artist who has painted what she imagines Donald trump to look like nude. The piece has caused quite a controversy in the US, so much so that Gore has received 1000 death threats from trump supporters and she must fly over here to exhibit the painting in London according to this Daily mail article. Trump has made it impossible for the painting to be exhibited in the US, he has effectively censored the painting out of America; perhaps this only increases the paintings power as it is forbidden fruit, in a manner of speaking. Gore's piece a clever manipulation of the tag line of Trumps campaign, 'make America great again'. Complete with a micropenis, the painting is a confident portrayal of Trump, but with some obvious shortcomings. The fact that this painting has caused Trump such insecurity and fear, is a statement on his childish idiosyncrasies; he's scared that people will believe that he has a micropenis. 

The size of his hands has come into question also, as entire articles have been written about it in Vanity FairTelegraph and 
The daily mail. They include some rather amusing points:
  •  Trump regularly sends a photo of his hands to the Vanity Fair Editor with the length of his fingers outlined with a sharpie. 
  • He references his penis in TV interviews, ensuring people that there is 'no problem' with the size. 
  • Lori Reid, the author of 'Your Health in Your Hands', has written that shorter fingers 'show a tendency to impatience, especially when it comes to pedantic or nit picking behaviour. 

    How can this all link to my project?

    The massive presence that Donald Trump has in society is so large and the significance of his fingers is quite interesting. Trumps idea of Christianity must be severely warped if he thinks that he should fit into that category. Is Trump so significant today that his finger could be a relic ? What would happen if the only thing left of him in the future was his finger? I'm not at all comparing him to that of Saint Thomas, however, the fixation on his hands has made me wonder if I should create a reliquary containing Donald Trumps tiny fingers; a part of his body I'm sure he's be far too self conscious of to want as an artefact. I could perhaps make a stainglass window depicting a moment in Trumps campaign; these may have more obvious religious connotations as opposed to the zoetrope that has a less obvious setting. I want to be careful not to be too obvious/kitch though, as I don't want to receive death threats too!










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