In times of political chaos one of our most powerful tools for change is an artist and their art.

During the early 1900s Duchamp used his ready-mades to push back against the powerful and limiting art institutions that he found himself enmeshed in. In 1917 he created The Fountain as a statement, questioning the pompous art world’s outdated view of what art was.

100 years later Fool’s Gold Fountain is an acute criticism of Trump’s political actions. While Duchamp placed a pen name, R. Mutt on his fountain, Trump’s name is signed clearly. This name, a representation of Trump’s narcissism and his attempt to claim credit for political victories, large and small, that were not won by him.

Fool’s Gold Fountain is a misdirect, a urinal placed in front of the American people and named something that it is not. While the majority of