The statue was carved out of a tree trunk with a chainsaw.
While Americans were busy celebrating the Fourth of July, Slovenia was busy honoring America’s first lady. Her home country did this with help from a
, which got Twitter, and her hometown, talking. Specifically, about who it looks like, since many don’t believe it looks anything like Trump.New York Times, and almost immediately, the reactions were mixed. For the statue, commissioned by Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey and created by local Slovenian artist Ales “Maxi” Zupevc, Trump is wearing
she wore at President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration. The wooden version is waving her left hand just as the real Trump did on that day, but that’s where the likeness seems to end.Since the artist used a chainsaw to cut the statue out of a tree trunk, the face is not quite as detailed as one would have hoped. This includes
, who was born in the same year and in the same hospital as Melania. “I can understand why people might think that this falls short as a description of her physical appearance,” Zupevc told AFP.
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