A controversial art exhibit in Switzerland is drawing outrage for displaying a hyper-realistic sculpture of President Donald Trump strapped to a cross-shaped execution gurney and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit.
The half-size sculpture is titled “Saint or Sinner?”
It was created by British artist Mason Storm and depicts Trump with his eyes closed and head tilted to the side, as if he has just been executed by lethal injection.
The piece, which was previously displayed in Vienna, Austria, went on display last Saturday at the Gleis 4 gallery in Basel.
It will remain on display through mid-November, according to Agence France-Presse.
Storm, a London-based artist who conceals his identity behind custom masks, described the work as intentionally ambiguous.
“Half life size Donny Trump, probably the most decisive politicians of the modern era, or past for that matter,” Storm wrote on Instagram.
“Despised by some beloved by others, so is he a saint on a cross or a sinner on the lethal injection gurney? You decide.”
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He added in a statement:
“In a world increasingly driven by polarized narratives, this work offers a moment of reflection, urging us to take responsibility — and to realize that every decision tells a story.”
Despite claiming neutrality, Storm’s online comments make clear his personal animus toward the president.
“He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy!” he wrote in a separate post.
Gallery Reverses Course After Safety Fears
The sculpture was initially set to appear at Basel’s central train station, but Gleis 4 canceled the pop-up event, citing “expected large crowds and feared disturbances.”
Instead, the gallery quietly installed the piece last week in a display window along Kunstmeile, an indoor pedestrian walkway in downtown Basel.
According to France24, the sculpture has already been purchased by “an internationally renowned figure living in Europe,” whose identity remains confidential.
Bishop Hermann Glettler of the Diocese of Innsbruck condemned the work as “simply deviant.”
Part of a Broader Pattern of Anti-Trump Imagery
The exhibit follows years of violent and demeaning portrayals of President Trump in popular culture.
A 2017 New York theater production staged a mock assassination of Trump in a modern retelling of Julius Caesar.
In a career-destroying moment, comedian Kathy Griffin also infamously posed for a photo holding a prop of Trump’s decapitated head.
This latest display comes as surveys show a disturbing normalization of political violence on the Left.
A poll conducted in April by the Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers University’s Social Perception Lab found that 55% of respondents identifying as left-of-center said assassinating Trump would be at least “somewhat justified.”
When asked about the September 2024 assassination attempt at Trump’s Florida golf course, 28% of Democrats said it “would have been better” if the president had been killed.
The recurring pattern of violent imagery and rhetoric toward the president, now extending into European “art” galleries, underscores how anti-Trump sentiment has moved beyond political opposition and into open celebration of harm.
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