Hong initially conceived the Trump-Buddha statues in 2021 as a humorous project, inspired by one of Trump’s Chinese nicknames, “King of Knowing Everything.” The juxtaposition of Trump’s signature ...
but in a craftsman's workshop in rural China the US president-elect sits in divine contemplation. Cross-legged with his eyes half-closed in a pose evoking the Buddha, this porcelain version of ...
Fanjing Mountain is an otherworldly place on our planet, where people and our land reach for the heavens, where wildlife makes our Earth theirs, and where the sun and Buddha illuminate our world.
A sculpture of US president-elect Donald Trump in a pose evoking the Buddha at artist Hong Jinshi’s workshop in Xiamen, in southeastern China’s Fujian province on on December 9, 2024.