A burnt wooden statue of Slovenian-born US First Lady Melania Trump went on show at an art gallery in the Slovenian seaside town of Koper.
A burnt wooden sculpture of Slovenian-born U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, described by the artist as representing tensions in the United States, goes on show at an art gallery in the Slovenian seaside town of Koper.of Slovenian-born US First Lady Melania Trump, described by the artist as representing tensions in the United States, went on show at an art gallery in the Slovenian seaside town of Koper.near her birthplace Sevnica, on July 4, celebrated as Independence Day in the United States.
"This object somehow represents a visual representation of political tensions that are erupting in my country and not only in my country," Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey told Reuters.The 40-year-old had commissioned the life-sized piece from a Slovenian folk artist Ales Zupevc. Trump was born in Slovenia in 1970 when it was still a part of communist Yugoslavia.
Although the Melania wooden statue's face was rough-hewn and did not bear her facial features before it was damaged, the figure wears a pale blue coat like the one she wore at Donald Trump's inauguration as US president.
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