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Satirical Art "Food for Thought" Offers Fun, Insatiable and Biting Commentary on Politics, Celebrity, and Contemporary Culture

Food For Thought: Crunch Trump ©
Art Portrait of Donald Trump sculpted from Flamin' Hot and Crunchy Cheetos: the former Cheeto-in-Chief.

Firestone chose Flamin' Hot and Crunchy Cheetos as her artistic medium to symbolize America's insatiable appetite for consuming politics and celebrity culture in bite-sized pieces. Food for Thought is a cheeky series critiquing contemporary, American culture through a humorous, poignant lens.

Executive Director of SITE Santa Fe, Louis Grachos, notes: "Robbi Firestone's Crunch Trump© and Cheeto portraits are brilliant contemporary extensions of the longstanding tradition of Satirical Portraiture. Innovative in her use of materials, Firestone's works reveal a sense of humor, are clever, and offer substantial insight into subjects, making this series of portraits so successful."

By combining satire and pop culture, Firestone transforms iconic figures into larger-than-life Cheeto sculptures to spark laughter and conversation. Upcoming works include icons like Snoop Dogg, Eva Longoria (Producer of Flamin' Hot), and others.

"My Cheeto series goes beyond the figures themselves," says Firestone. "It explores our insatiable appetite and consumption of politics and celebrity culture-and how these crazy personalities consume us. I aimed to create something boldly relevant. Cheetos are omnipresent in American life, like these people. They symbolize our obsession with snack-able, quick digestible media-whether it's politics, fame, or entertainment. The technically impossible medium mirrors message: Cheetos highlight our tendency for overconsumption, painting a portrait of a society in conflict with itself."

The Food for Thought series includes Eat His Words, featuring Cheetos sculptures of Trump's mouth phonemes to emphasize his exaggerated facial expressions, Say Cheese!, and Sign of the Times? to underscore the intersection of politics and commercialism.

Source: https://wgntv.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/929592/artist-sculpts-cheeto-portrait-of-donald-trump-crunch-trumpc/ October 15, 2024

Artist Unveils Cheeto Portrait of Donald Trump

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Artist Robbi Firestone of SF LLC presents a unique satirical artwork titled "Crunch Trump©," a sculpture of former President Donald Trump made entirely of Cheetos. This 4-foot-tall piece blends humor with social commentary on American culture. Using Flamin' Hot and Crunchy Cheetos, Firestone symbolizes America's consumption of politics and celebrity culture.

The series "Food for Thought" is noted for its witty critique of contemporary culture. Executive Director of SITE Santa Fe, Louis Grachos, praises Firestone's innovative material use and insightful humor. Her works, including upcoming sculptures of icons like Snoop Dogg and Eva Longoria, explore the complexities of fame and media consumption.

The Trump portrait is open for viewing at High Line Open Studios in NYC this October. Firestone's works invite viewers to engage with cultural dialogues, emphasizing society's craving for snackable media.

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Satirical Art "Food for Thought" Offers Fun, Insatiable and Biting Commentary on Politics, Celebrity, and Contemporary Culture

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / October 10, 2024 / Is it Fine Art, or is it a snack? Artist Robbi Firestone of SF LLC tantalizes art lovers and provokes critics with her sculptural portraitof the former Cheeto-in-Chief, a 4-foot-tall portrait of Donald Trump sculpted entirely from Cheetos.

Robbi Firestone

Robbi Firestone is a multi disciplinary artist exploring diverse mediums to provoke thought from oil & pastels to found objects. Her abstract painting series Serene Landscapes in Savage Color captures vibrant landscapes.

Her Infertility Project, The Empty Womb, launched at the UN (+documentary film re: silent grief), while her 4-foot-tall Cheetos portrait of Donald Trump spotlights America’s insatiable appetite for ‘bite-sized’ media: a trivial pursuit communicated by a snack portrait

Featured in The NY Times, Worth & LA Travel, Firestone's work spans into digital media with immersive virtual reality performances to captivate at VIP corporate events & conferences.

Robbi Firestone creates art in physical, virtual, augmented and mixed realities as a Web3 Creator/NFT artist, performer, Creative Director, & NFT project consultant.

Firestone's focus is to inspire, empower, educate and embolden mission driven, talented, conscious Creators to design a new, equitable, healthy future for humanity and planet via Web3.

Firestone feely traverses from digital NFTs to IRL traditional and non-art mediums to most effectively, '...render or reconcile my message."

https://www.RoFirestone.com
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