Who knew that the Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The Emperor’s New Clothes” – a parable about a ruler so full of himself that he believes he’s wearing the finest raiments of the realm when in fact he’s naked – would be the inspiration for “exposing” Donald Trump for the blathering blowhard he is … in clay … NUDE!
Five cities – New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco and Cleveland – were the lucky locations for the display of the life-sized statues of a naked Trump titled “The Emperor Has No Balls” – a performance art installation created by the artist Joshua Monroe.
Monroe was commissioned by self-described “American Activist Collective” INDECLINE because of his skills at creating monsters for Halloween Haunted Houses as well as in movies. The irony of that fact doesn’t get much sweeter.
The artist, who goes by “Ginger”, said
“When the guys [INDECLINE] approached me, it was all because of my monster-making abilities. Trump is just yet another monster, so it was absolutely in my wheelhouse to be able to create these monstrosities.”
It took Monroe over 1,500 hours, working since April while also holding down a full-time job. He says he was only getting “three hours of sleep a night.”
Monroe explains the two phases to create his statue: He first sculpted the original in 700 pounds of a specialty modeling clay using a six-foot-two “hired model with similar proportions” to Trump. (We’ll let that one ride.) Then once the prototype was completed, he made a giant silicone mold so that he could create identical replicas.
The project ended up requiring 300 pounds of Monster Makers Oil Clay, 400 pounds of Concrete and Rebar, 400 pounds of Walter E. Disney Clay (for the mold), 1 gallon of smooth cast 300 (liquid resin), and ten gallons of Foam It, costing around $6,000.
While explaining that INDECLINE had very specific criteria set as to “what the statue would include – and what it would not,” he noted Trump’s “constipated scowl” was actually the hardest part to get right.
Each statue including the base weighs 80 pounds, and was secured to the ground with an industrial-strength epoxy glue that dries in minutes at 8 AM ET yesterday. INDECLINE reported that their so-called “Insult Teams” (they’ve done other projects) had no problems with the installations, explaining they all wore hardhats and neon-colored construction vests. And although they were all installed on public property, they also knew they wouldn’t be up for very long.
The New York installation in Union Square was removed not long after its installation. But at least the Parks Dept. provided a classic, cheeky explanation as to why:
“NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small.”
… And sweeping up the remnants where the statue was glued down
Ginger says he did a great deal of online research to get the likeness correct, down to the lizard-like peach-colored skin, protruding belly and veins. But shares that he’s a bit concerned with his computer browsing history, because how many people are Googling “saggy old man butt”.
So enough with the teasing – I know you all are wanting "The Full Monty" …
Oh, and INDECLINE says they may very well do a similar type of “Exposé” involving Hillary – so stay tuned for more “EWWWWWs” to come.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/18/anarchists-unveil-naked-donald-trump-statues-in-several-u-s-cities/
Naked Donald Trump Statues Populate American Cities
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/18/artist-behind-naked-trump-statues-says-he-d-love-to-make-a-hillary-statue.html
12 Responses to “Friday Fun – Maybe NSFW? “The Emperor Has No Balls””
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I seriously doubt that Drumpf is in "perfect" health as described by his "doctor". If this statue of Drumpf is in any indication of his true body shape, he is, in my opinion, in poor health. Drumpf, most likely, wear a girdle to hide his bulging, constipated tummy is why he acts the way he does. lol.
How the Drumpf statue was made: see above link. There are some interesting videos in the thisisindecline web site as presented by Vimeo. Vimeo has no CC included.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/17/16
Right-wing media stokes weird, fake Clinton conspiracy theory
Rachel Maddow reports on a bizarre conspiracy theory developed in right-wing media that Hillary Clinton suffers from a variety of ailments, and notes the effort by Fox News and the Drudge Report to push the story into mainstream awareness. Duration: 9:51 (CC) Included is the report on Drumpf's health as reported by his "doctor".
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/right-wing-stokes-weird-fake-clinton-theory-746304579763
Where the name "Drumpf" came from:
Donald Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Published on Feb 28, 2016 – (21min 53 sec) (CC)
Our main story was about Donald Trump. We can't believe we're saying that either.
Wait for it – The Ending! starts @ 19min:00sec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpO_RTSNmQ
Thanks for the humorous Friday Fun although I have begun to dislike any and all forms of Drumpf "presentations".
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Thanks for all the background.
I've been picking up all that conspiracy theory crap WRT Hillary's health – even Andrea (nee Mitchell) Greenspan did her Rethuglican-loving job of shilling that right-wing crap last night. (I loathe Andrea Greenspan)
As a physician, I enjoyed a Newsweek article pretty much proving that Trump's glowing health report letter was very UNlikely to have been actually written by the doctor. No doctor would EVER write an actual letter like that – let alone one that he knew would get widespread media attention.
While not the one to corroborate, but I don’t think the Vimeo one of Trump’s statue has a narrative. I found the same one on YouTube, and it didn’t offer CC either – so I don’t think there was any. Others can verify if there was anything spoken.
The video, from INDECLINE, is not a narrative one. It has a musical sound track (in this case: parts of Jimi Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner with other sound tracks. Vimeo does have CC but one needs to have a Vimeo Player to utilize the CC switch. I do not have it in my computer as most of the videos in Vimeo do not have CC embedded in them. The quality of Vimeo is excellent but, for the most part, lack CC editing.
Cross posted to Care2 at http://www.care2.com/news/member/775377582/4006032
Thanks, Lynn, for crossposting. I like the graphic you used there!
Dang!! There went lunch! Perhaps he has balls to match his hands. It that case a walnut shell would be too big to use as a cup.
Trump's response will probably be another statue with huuuugh "hands".
It wouldn't surprise me Jerry if Drumpf tried to sue the artist for defamation or something along that line. That seems to be his preferred line of attack, although he may have difficulty raising the funds for a lawyer if recent suggestions that he may be bankrupt are true.
Thanks Nameless. We all get to see what Drumpf is really like, feet of clay and all.
I wonder how he will explain this to his 10 year old son?
Just love the NY Parks response!
I also loved the NYC Parks response, and I truly hope no one at NYC AParks was injured while "standing firmly against" it. Thanks Nameless!
Thanks, Nameless, for the Friday Fun. It was funny, but it gave Trump more free publicity.
Thanks for the excellent article, Nameless. I'm getting rather sick and tired of anything Drumpfian, and with Edie I oppose any more free exposure for Drumpf, but this kind of negative, but terribly funny, publicity is hard to spin into something positive, even for him.
I was just in awe of those varicose veins 😉