Art 101 of the Deal: Donald J. Trump Off the Wall

by Cathy Hull

Overview

Cathy Hull takes readers picture by picture through the gob-smacking history, trials, and tribulations of Donald Trump's family and the first turbulent term of his presidency; lampooning Donald J. Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, James Comey, Hillary Clinton, Kellyanne Conway, Stephen Miller, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Roger Stone, Richard Nixon, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and many, many more.

Illustrated from cover to cover with influence and inspiration drawn from the masters: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Caravaggio, Johannes Vermeer, Frans Hals, Henri Rousseau, Giorgio de Chirico, René Magritte, Édouard Manet, Grant Wood, and Norman Rockwell to name a few.

Pictures worth a thousand laughs....
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"Good artists borrow, great artists steal."
--PABLO PICASSO

"If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint."
--EDWARD HOPPER

"Art, cheaper than therapy; and you get pictures."
--CATHY HULL

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578659718
Publisher:	Tocqueville Press
Publication date:	02/29/2020
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

When words elude, award-winning freelance illustrator and political satirist, Cathy Hull, draws her own conclusions. Cathy combines familiar, iconic imagery with a unique, ironic twist not merely to literally depict but to stimulate, provoke, and succinctly convey an idea or opinion with wordless, captionless visual commentary. René Magritte's The Treachery of Images best illustrates that art is the willing suspension of disbelief; a paradox of the conventional notion that objects must correspond to words and images. The surreal world of Donald Trump exemplifies the human dilemma: life between illusion, delusion, and reality. Trump's "winning" unscripted, chaotic leadership style is unrestricted by tradition, norms, reason, or societal limitations. Freudian dreams have become a political nightmare awakening an artistic Renaissance. A picture, or this book, may not change the world; but perhaps one vote? Comic relief in trying times. Cathy Hull is featured in "All the Art That's Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn't): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page," "Watergate Without Words (A Rolling Stone Special Project), Sourcebook of Visual Ideas."

Table of Contents

A SELF-MADE MAN

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: ALL IN THE FAMILY

VENI, VIDI, VICI: DEAL WITH IT

DEALS WITH THE DEVIL

READY, AIM, FIRE!: Rogues’ Gallery

HYPE, HYPE, HOORAY!: Alternative Facts and Figures

WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?: Trump’s Deconstructivist Period

THE “I” WORD: Trump’s Blue Period

EPILOGUE: Pièce de Résistance

Editorial Reviews

"These are difficult times. and this is the life preserver you need to keep your head above water. Cathy Hull takes on the president with a satirist's rapier wit and a creative ability to make old master paintings explain the world to us in new ways. In this handsomely produced book, her bite is even more dangerous than her bark. In page after page, she skewers him and pins his craziness to the page. Each exquisitely crafted image gives us layer upon layer of things to think about, at the same time prompting a huge YES. Cathy Hull-more please! We desperately need help to navigate the next months too." -Mike, Museum Director, Educator

"Hull ranks among the very best of satirists through the ages. This is a masterpiece." -M. Thomson, author, Dreaming of Oranges

"It's hard to find something to laugh about right now but if you love, art, decency, democracy you'll love Cathy Hull's masterful new book, Art 101 of the Deal: Donald J. Trump off the Wall. And you've got the time to read and enjoy and share it." -Paint Book, co-Author, The Hospital Experience: A Guide for Patients and Their Families

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