Site Specific Installation

Tombstones

Dimensions & Materials : (5) 18"x12" Foam Blocks, Acrylic Paint
Site: Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida
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Artist Statement:

As an artist I feel it is important to have a voice, and even more so to have a voice that is heard, with Tombstones I am able to do just that.

For this installation I was motivated by Donald Trump's 2018 Budget Plan and my personal stance against it. For this piece I created five tombstones, made from foam blocks and painted them with acrylic paint. The five tombstones represent the death of just a few of the important programs and organizations Trump plans to completely eliminate next year; The National Endowment for The Arts, The National Endowment of Humanities, The United States Institute of Peace, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and The Global Climate Change Initiative.
The money, taken from decreased funding and the totally eliminated programs (approximately $54 billion), will according to the budget, be put towards our massive military, bringing its total budget up to a whopping $654 billion. With this budget increase, the United States' military budget alone will equal the size of the next 8 largest military budgets around the world combined. I felt it was important to bring these tombstones to one of the places Trump has frequently visited during his time as President, that being Trump International Golf Club located in West Palm Beach, Florida.