Donald Trump Rooster Sculpture Ushers in Chinese New Year
Donald Trump Rooster Sculpture Ushers in Chinese New Year
Sarah Cascone
Artnet News
The first art sensation of 2017 would seem to be Chinas 23-foot-tall Donald Trump-like rooster sculpture.
Its designed by Seattle-based illustrator and animator Casey Latiolais in honor of the Chinese zodiac, which is set to usher in the year of the rooster on January 28.
The fiberglass statue, located outside a shopping mall in Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, features a Trumpian scowl with bushy eyebrows and a golden helmet of hair. This was way more yuge than I expected, wrote Latiolais on Twitter after the statues unveiling.
He told the New York Times that he created the design for Beijing Reliance Commercial Land, and had added the Trump-like features of his own accord. According to a Chinese social media news outlet cited by the South China Morning Post, the statues egg-shaped body and golden hair symbolize wealth and prosperity for 2017.
Is this supposed to be flattering? Cause all I'm getting from this is Donald Trump is a giant chicken.