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06-07-2019, 09:46 AM | #1 | |||
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A tongue-in-cheek statue of US First Lady Melania Trump has appeared on the outskirts of her Slovenian hometown. US artist Brad Downey hired a local chainsaw artisan, Ales Zupevc, to carve the likeness out of a tree trunk outside the town of Sevnica. The result was a wooden rendering of Mrs Trump dressed in a blue coat with a club-like hand gesturing to the sky. Some residents described it as "a disgrace", a "Smurfette", saying "it doesn't look anything like Melania". Downey told Reuters news agency he wanted to "have a dialogue" with the US political situation. The artist has an exhibition in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana until late August. The gallery reportedly suggested the statue "might only be a slapstick prank" in a leaflet. Downey's previous works include Wisdom Testicles and Cactus Hand. Sevnica has become a tourist magnet ever since Donald Trump was elected US president in 2016, and Ms Trump - a famous former resident - became the first lady. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48890660 ------ Amazing likeness |
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06-07-2019, 09:48 AM | #2 | ||
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I like it
As wooden as the original |
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06-07-2019, 10:12 AM | #3 | |||
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Crap Art
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06-07-2019, 10:19 AM | #4 | |||
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I wonder which is more cold on the inside.
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06-07-2019, 11:25 AM | #5 | ||
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06-07-2019, 11:26 AM | #6 | ||
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I can see a Picasso's influence there
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06-07-2019, 09:20 PM | #7 | |||
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Likes cars that go boom
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The statue has more personality...
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