Make Everything Great Again
| Artist | Dominykas Čečkauskas and Mindaugas Bonanu |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Street art |
| Dimensions | 250 cm × 450 cm (98 in × 177 in) |
| Location | Vilnius, Lithuania |
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Make Everything Great Again is a street art mural done by the artists Dominykas Čečkauskas and Mindaugas Bonanu. It is located on the wall of a barbecue restaurant in the railway station area of old town of Vilnius in Lithuania. It bears the provocative title "Keulė Rūkė" (The Pig Has Been Smoking). The mural depicting the US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump giving a French kiss to the Russian president Vladimir Putin was made known to the broad public on 13 May 2016. The caption Make Everything Great Again is a teaser on Trump's slogan for his presidential rally "Make America Great Again". This artwork is a mock-up of the 1990s graffiti painting My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love portrayed on the Berlin Wall by Dmitri Vrubel. The artwork was completed with the use of the wheat paste technique.
Make Everything Great Again appeared on the wall after Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump exchanged statements of mutual admiration, with the President of Russia describing Donald Trump as "a very colorful person, talented without any doubt,"[1] with Donald Trump replying that it was "a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond."[2]
One of the artists, Dominykas Čečkauskas, said in an interview: "We saw similarities between the two heroes (Trump and Putin). ... They both have an ego that is too big, and it is funny that they get along well." Čečkauskas said "We are in a sort of a Cold War again, and America may get a president who will want to be friends with Russia."[3] The artists, with the help of the mural, predict that if Russia and the US would ever "marry" again, it would echo in the Baltic states too, be it tongues or tanks.[4]
The mural has received an immediate and enormous response in all kinds of social and other global media.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
References
- ↑ Putin praises 'bright and talented' Trump, CNN, Jeremy Diamond and Greg Botelho, December 18, 2015.
- ↑ Donald Trump Calls Putin Compliment a ‘Great Honor’, Time, Justin Worland, December 17, 2015.
- ↑ The Putin-Trump kiss being shared around the world, The Washington Post, Adam Taylor, May 13, 2016.
- ↑ Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin Lock Lips in Lithuanian Street Art, NBC News, Lauren Prince, May 14, 2016.
- ↑ What does the Trump/Putin kiss really mean?, The BBC, Kelly Grovier, May 18, 2016.
- ↑ This artist's interpretation of Putin and Trump kissing cannot be unseen, Indy 100, Adam Taylor, May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Street Art Mural Paints Trump Kissing Putin, Italy Withdraws Cultural Funds, Observer, Alanna Martinez, May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Graffiti of Trump Passionately Kissing Putin Goes Viral, Haaretz, Taly Krupkin, Haaretz, May 18, 2016.
- ↑ Mural of Trump kissing Putin goes viral, The Hill, Harper Neidig, May 14, 2016.
- ↑ Mural of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Kissing Goes Viral, Towleroad, Sean Mandell, May 15, 2016.
- ↑ Putin kissing Trump mural goes viral, USA Today, Marco della Cava, May 15, 2016.
- ↑ Here's Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Kissing, Esquire, Elizabeth Griffin, May 15, 2016.
- ↑ Donald Trump kisses Vladimir Putin on wall of Lithuanian restaurant, Politico, Jules Johnston, May 14, 2016.
- ↑ Donald Trump & Vladimir Putin Kiss, But There’s A Twist, Hollywood Life, Samantha Wilson, May 15, 2016.
- ↑ A mural of Trump kissing Putin on the lips is being shared everywhere, Market Watch, Michelle Coffey, May 14, 2016.
- ↑ Donald Trump And Vladimir Putin Will Not Like This Street Art Mural, The Huffington Post, Lee Moran, May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Behold this amazing mural of Vladimir Putin kissing Donald Trump on the lips, Quartz, Svati Kirsten Narula, May 13, 2016.
- ↑ Trump-Putin kiss makes Vilnius 'city of love' – mayor, Delfi, The Lithuania Tribune, May 16, 2016