Twitter Trump with passion (2018)

Here's sign a $, in fact no President, sign 2!

Dubai 20th May 2014 when Donald Trump kindly signed a $1 bill for the Heroes and Villains collection to reply 'I will but only if I keep your pen' so I agreed but 'only if he signed another $ bill' which he duly did.....

The first Artwork, with the $2 signed is 'Top Trumps Donald' (2015) is up for re-sale in the U.S.A with this second one 'Twitter Trump with passion' (2018) now part of the private collection and held in the England, UK....

                                Twitter trump : summer of 2019 at Jaguar Landrover, Newcastle, UK 

With 'Twitter Trump with passion' commenced in the summer of 2017 - a talking point showcased at events from time to time for the next 18 months....

The back story

Once completed on 7.12.2017 as per the signed old English pre decimal £1 note with the date and signature of the Artist, the following spring and summer was the perfect time for him through dollarsandart to showcase 'Twitter Trump with passion' at various golf days and car launches in the uk to share the story as it always got such a strong reaction exploring both sides of the LOVE / HATE coin....

First public showcase - Kidneys for life golf day at Hazel Grove, Stockport, U.K 10.5.18 

Rewind it back to 2016/2017- the then 45th President, Donald Trump was starting to rule America via twitter so I wanted to  capture the childlike nature of his rants back in 2017 & 2018 adding to the artwork over a 14 month period which concluded in December 2018 before taking it on the road....

Lego platform as the wall his built....

and another bill signed!

Complete with the dollar range of bills in lego form, a nod to the futility of money....

As the tall boot of uncle Sam, wades in from the left given on 9th January 2021 the then 45th president of the USA was 'permanently suspended...due to the risk of further incitement of violence'. His handle @realDonaldtrump had over 88.9 million followers at the time.....

                                                          Work in progress in the garage in the UK winter 2017!

Although some 6 years after signing the 2 $ bills in Dubai, on 29th May 2020 Donald Trump fired a shot across the bows of “big tech” companies. The Artist wanted to show the power of tech in the media, the new wave of communication as AI loomed ever closer....

...by signing an executive order that aims to narrow their protections from liability over the content posted on their services....

As we learnt to adapt in this brave new world....

If ever there's a time to follow your heart, it's now....

Prophetic Artwork

At first glance the harmless yet often ranting lego figure seemed perfectly innocent...

Things took a rather large twist when, we thought nothing of the red acrylic paint that pretty much completed Twitter Trump on the 7th December 2017 with a dab of red acrylic paint on the right side of his head, in unison with the Red of the Red of the Red, White & Blue starts and stripes American Flag and the Left side of Trump where the red discarded MAGA hat lay....

Look familiar?

With THAT flag....

& the rest, they say is history!

As the dance continues! Interesting times! I do wonder where this piece will end up! 

 As the dance continues.....