THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF TRUMP IN THE MIND OF SOMEONE LIVING

THE PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY OF TRUMP IN THE MIND OF SOMEONE LIVING

(in progress)

I'M GOING TO WRITE A POEM. AND THIS IS WHY: ABOUT AN HOUR AGO SOMEONE VISITING MY LOS ANGELES STUDIO ASKED A RATHER BEMUSING QUESTION OF ONE MY ARTIST FRIENDS WHO HAPPENED TO BE MINELING ABOUT THE STUDIO WITH A FEW OTHER MUTUAL ARTIST FRIENDS AT THE TIME.

 THIS PERSON, A COLLECTOR AND CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE CURATOR PLANNING THE FIRST OF A NEW BI-ANNUAL ARTIST ANTHOLOGY EXHIBITION OPENING IN TWO YEARS AT THE GALLERY I'VE HAD MY SIGHTS ON NOW, IT SEEMS FOREVER. SO DESPITE A FEW LIVELY GO AROUNDS, I FOUND IT AT FIRST TO BE RATHER POINTLESS, EVEN SLIGHTLY ANNOYING RAISING MY DANDER.

IN THE ART WORLD WHAT ARTIST IS THE EQUIVALENT OF DONALD TRUMP? 

SOMEONE I THINK SAID FRANCIS BACON FIRST, BUT THAT CERTAINLY DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT GIVEN BACON'S PROCLIVITIES. ALTHOUGH HE DID FUCK-UP PAINTING PRETTY GOOD IN THE ARTWORLD. SOMEONE BLURTED OUT 'HITLER' BECAUSE HE DID WATER COLORS, 

 NEXT SOMEONE LOUDLY INTERJECTED, I BELIEVE IT WAS, GERHARD RICHTER, BECAUSE THAT COMPARISON IS IMMEDIATELY DISMISSED BY THE HUMORS AS LUDICROUS UNTIL YOU LENS DOWN IN THE DISSOCIATION OF MEANING, AND THEN

ESE THINGS BEHIND HIS WORK, BUT IS BUT REALLY IT