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The artist insists she’s not political, but has been disturbed by how Democrats have moved to curtail free expression like hers in recent years. When an insurance company learned of the subject matter, they asked Ruseva to tack on “terrorist insurance coverage.” The NYPD alerted the Department of Homeland Security to the event, Ruseva said. Ruseva chose to feature Trump as God, expelling Joe Biden and Kamala Harris from the White House. Now go f–k yourself,” read one message to her Instagram account. A gallery which had agreed to stage the show backed out at the last minute after receiving violent threats, Ruseva said, adding that she herself was harassed and threatened on social media as news of her show percolated online. In left-leaning New York City, though, the event was not without drama. Despite her subject matter - here, Trump is pictured riding a grizzly bear - Ruseva insists she is not political. Another art show dedicated to Trump is planned for Palm Beach in January. So far seven pieces from “Trump: Parallel Universe” have been sold for prices ranging from $1,000 to $4,000. Her exhibition was hosted at the Metropolitan Republican Club last month and she’s recently palled around with former White House personages, including Andrew Giuliani and Boris Epshteyn. Ruseva’s work has been well-received in MAGA land. Lena Ruseva Lena Ruseva poses with her artwork at Metropolitan Republican Club. In a play on a classic painting of Napoleon Bonaparte, Ruseva depicts Trump riding a shark swathed in an American flag. The portraits generally run from $500 to $1,200 depending on the size. When she’s not painting politics and presidents, she makes a living producing kitschy commissioned portraits of jowly animals - frequently smoking a cigar.
She spent 18 months painting the walls of the Magical Palace of Knowledge, a kindergarten in Clifton, N.J. Ruseva, a green-card holder from Soviet Moldova, immigrated to the United States in 2012 and got her start as a mural painter. It’s easy to say somebody is wrong or bad, or whatever, but how many people have reached what he reached?” Ruseva says she is drawn to Trump because he is a “strong person.” In this painting, the former president is reworked into a sphinx. “I like Donald Trump as he is a strong person,” added Ruseva, who now lives in Fair Lawn, N.J. Everyone has their own picture of Donald Trump. Some people love him and they are real fanatics. “Some people hate him and call him racist. “I wanted to play around with childish fantasies,” Ruseva told The Post. The imagery is derived from Masaccio’s renaissance fresco “Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.” Lena Ruseva poses with her artwork at Metropolitan Republican Club.
A mammoth 48′ x 72′ acrylic on canvas called “Expulsion From The White House” shows the former president as God expelling the naked and ashamed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Some of the paintings are overtly political. One image shows him making contact with alien life another features him riding a great white shark while draped in an American flag. In “Trump: Parallel Universe” - a collection of 30 paintings - Ruseva imagines Trump as Neptune, a Buddhist monk, Tarzan and the face of the sphinx.
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