Ukrainian sculpted Donald and Melania Trump from marble and sought asylum in the USA

Nikolai Shmatko is a Ukrainian sculptor. When America was preparing for elections at the end of 2015, he immediately said that Donald Trump would become the next president, and he was not mistaken. He expressed his attitude towards Trump in a marble bust made of Carrara stone. Next, he created a sculpture of Melania Trump - from snow-white Greek marble.

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He compares Melania Trump with Nefertiti and Pharaoh Akhenaten, said on the site of the sculptor. Based on her enormous creative potential, Shmatko creates her bust of white marble. What attracted him to the first lady of the USA?

“US President Donald Trump is a big story of American reality, and his ascent to Olympus is connected with Melania. “I think that her beauty and extraordinary influence on Trump gave him additional support in the fight for the White House,” says the sculptor. “Melania has become Trump’s support and loyal friend in the crusade for a new America. Her erudition, openness, loyalty to Americans and the great love of her family - all these qualities are reflected in the sculpture of the First Lady of the United States."

“Melania Trump is a charismatic person. Her striking beauty can be compared to that of Nefertiti, the ancient Egyptian ideal of beauty. The fate of these two wonderful goddesses is in some way similar, although they are separated by thousands of years,” notes Shmatko. — Greek marble allowed us to reveal the versatility of Melania and the richness of her inner world. Today the first lady has many envious people, but they are all scattered like fog, and the marble bust of Melania Trump will remain for many, many centuries.

To create this work of art, Nikolai Shmatko announced a fundraiser for the purchase of marble, but in the end he bought it at his own expense. According to the artist, creating a “historically correct” image of Mrs. Trump in marble was his goal, and he decided to go all the way.

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“Donald and Melania Trump are the connecting links of one chain, as a stage of a new turn in American politics. Money was needed to capture the image of Melania in marble, and I am not a wealthy person, my pension is only 45 dollars. In addition, due to the military conflict in the east of the country, my family and the entire unique collection (sculptures, paintings and graphic works) are now in the basement of the school - I call this place “the basement of death,” says the sculptor. — For this project we needed $15. I used Twitter and Facebook to reach out to Americans, but my idea received no support. Then I decided to sell one thing dear to me and buy marble so that I would have enough time to realize the image of Melania Trump in marble for the anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration. I did it!".

Despite the fact that the media around the world are trying to focus attention on the negative information about the Trump family, Shmatko decided not to give in to this wave and, together with his son, spent two years working on the sculptures of Trump and his wife.

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“Some instrument of ignorance is beating Trump and his family! It was paid for by someone, and this negative material immediately spread throughout the world. This product is in demand and, most importantly, it is a profitable product. No, I don’t regret anything,” says the master.

Marble busts, according to Shmatko, were made as a gift to the Americans. But now the sculptor has come to the conclusion that residents of the United States will not be able to see them for several reasons, although he does not exclude such a possibility.

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“We have contacted the embassies of different countries, including the US Embassy, ​​but have not yet received any answers. I understand that the US cannot accept us because it is necessary to provide finances for the move and find a place for the gallery. 1000 works of art - can you imagine? — the sculptor says about his attempt to ask for asylum in the States. “We can’t go home because there’s a war going on there.” So now we are hostages of circumstances, and I don’t know how to get out of this cold basement..."

According to Wikipedia, Nikolai Gavrilovich Shmatko was born in 1943 year in the Donetsk region in Ukraine. Works together with two sons. The sculptor created more than 750 monuments (bas-reliefs, high reliefs, sculptures) and around 500 paintings.

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In 2007, at the Florence Biennale, he was awarded the Lorenzo the Magnificent medal for the sculptures “Lugan”, “Bill Gates” and “Adoration of the Disc”. Nikolai Shmatko is the first Ukrainian participant in the Florence Biennale to be awarded such a high rating by the international jury.

Nikolai Gavrilovich says about his work: “I never followed anyone’s lead, I never made political orders. I don’t stoop to flattery or lies, I always do only what my heart tells me, which is why I am in disgrace with power. So I’m going to move abroad.”

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