He dunked a crucifix in his own urine. His next artistic subject: Donald Trump.

[DonViejo]

By Isaac Stanley-Becker April 2 at 5:03 AM

Andres Serrano has been quietly stockpiling buttons, baked goods, liquor bottles, slot machines, sports memorabilia, menswear and magazine covers.

For almost a year, his tremendous collection effort has taken him to the front row of high-end auctions and to the far reaches of eBay. The artist best known for his 1987 “Immersion (Piss Christ),” an amber-hued image of a crucifix submerged in a glass container of his own urine, has spent more than $100,000 amassing a treasure trove of more than 1,000 objects.

Each item bears some relationship to President Trump. They include souvenirs from his hotels and casinos, as well as merchandise from his 2016 presidential campaign. They include Trump Vodka, Trump Steaks and remnants of Trump Shuttle. They include a Trump University diploma and a fake dollar bill depicting Hillary Clinton behind bars, to which Trump affixed his signature at a Florida rally.

“Trump everything,” the divisive New York-based artist, whose creations have been vandalized at museums across the world and reviled in Congress, said in an interview with The Washington Post. “I wanted to paint a portrait of Donald Trump using his own brushes.”

The untraditional presidential portrait is set to be revealed April 11 at a still-undisclosed location in Manhattan.

The installation, titled “The Game: All Things Trump,” is an image of the president rendered in his varied acts of salesmanship and self-promotion. It is a Trump readymade, in the model of Marcel Duchamp, the 20th-century pioneer of avant-garde art.

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[hlthe2b]

1. I don't like provocation for provocation's sake.

That said, I'm quite ready to ignore the poor-taste crucifix stunt and wait with great anticipation for what he does with Trump.

[MosheFeingold]

2. Wake me

When he dunks a picture of Mohamed in a bucket of pee. Get some death threats and bombs going off for mocking someone else's religion.

Best mocking the Nazarenes will get you is a nasty letter from the National Review.

Or preferably, he does something that involves actual artistic merit.

I am very tired of not-very-good artists trying to replace talent with controversy. People with talent can do great things courting controversy. Marc Chagall's "White Crucifixion", for example. This guy is just noise.

I suppose I should glue horns on a MAGA hat and call it "Trump In the Light of a Full Moon."

Put it on a pedestal and charge $10 admission.