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This is a public art piece that was located in the Mendenhall art gallery space at East Carolina University. It is a graphite drawing, on the gallery wall, and I invited viewers to color the President's face and write whatever they wanted. The text bubbles that are located by his head, are things that he posted on Twitter, that I brought here to the space.
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The deans at East Carolina University had an issue with the format of my piece: arguing that, "If the image is drawn directly on the wall, we can't separate ourselves from the artist's ideals. It seems like we're supporting his ideas."
The photo on the left is an image that shows me erasing the image off the wall. The image on the right shows the piece as it sits today. It is now on a sheet of paper, located in the East Carolina University School of Art and Design lounge, where students have taken it upon themselves to respond by coloring.