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Peanut the Squirrel: MAGA’s Cutest Martyr Immortalized in Statue in NYC Art Exhibit

NEW YORK, N.Y., May 28, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A movement’s beloved squirrel is being unveiled as a heroic MAGA icon in New York’s Chelsea gallery district. In “Opposing Visions: The Trump Era in Art,” Peanut the Squirrel is memorialized in a gruesome form as a tiny martyr alongside political titans Elon Musk, RFK Jr., and President Donald Trump, ready to do their bidding for a fantastical third-term campaign, the Iconoclast Room announced today.

Image caption: Peanut the Squirrel in “Project 29: The MAGAnaut,” featured in “Opposing Visions: The Trump Era in Art” at Chelsea Gallery District, New York. Underlying art shown in images is Copr. © Daniel Edwards.

Peanut’s story began in 2024, when city officials euthanized a squirrel suspected of rabies. What could have been a fleeting public health incident was transformed by MAGA outrage and a viral post by Elon Musk into a right-wing folk tale of “government overreach.”

In “Opposing Visions,” a MAGA-hat-clad Peanut reappears at the base of Daniel Edwards’s “Project 29: The MAGAnaut” – a towering, grotesque cyborg hybrid of Trump, Musk, and RFK Jr.

Here, Peanut haunts the exhibit in a kind of afterlife, clawing for relevance from beyond the grave. “Peanut is back to exact revenge on the liberal government that killed him,” Post-Internet artist XVALA says. “He’s the spirit of the culture war—scrappy, and unwilling to stay dead.”

XVALA’s own contribution is a gold-plated bronze MAGA hat designed for ceremonial display atop the Resolute Desk, offering a reverent counterpoint to Edwards’s dystopian satire. Where Edwards skewers Trump’s persistence with a grotesque vision of biotech-fueled power, XVALA treats the MAGA movement as revolutionary heritage. This tension between dark satire and genuine veneration animates the volatile heart of Opposing Visions.

Alongside Edwards and XVALA, Jarva Land’s stark pen-and-ink courtroom sketches of Trump’s ongoing legal battles add a sobering counterpoint – a reminder of the real-world consequences behind the pageantry.

Image caption: “Opposing Visions: The Trump Era in Art” at Chelsea Gallery District, New York.

WHEN AND WHERE:

Experience “Opposing Visions: The Trump Era in Art” at the Iconoclast Room, located in the West Chelsea Building at 526 W 26th Street, Room 511, New York, NY. The exhibition runs from May 27–31, 2025.

There will be a press opportunity on Thursday and Friday mornings, an art gallery walk on Thursday evening, and an Artists’ Reception on Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. ET.

LEARN MORE: https://www.iconoclastroom.com/

For press inquiries, interview requests, or additional information, please contact us at iconoclastroom@gmail.com or call (646) 657-8028.

VIDEO (YouTube): https://youtu.be/HZzAMu4CbUw

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Photos Caption: Peanut the Squirrel in “Project 29: The MAGAnaut,” featured in “Opposing Visions: The Trump Era in Art” at Chelsea Gallery District, New York. Underlying art shown in images is Copr. © Daniel Edwards.

NEWS SOURCE: Iconoclast Room

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Trump’s Third Term ‘Campaign’ Begins in Chelsea NYC: Cyborgs, Amazing Glutes, and the Dawn of American Dystopia

Daniel Edwards's 'Project 29' Anchors Opposing Visions: The Trump Era in Art

NEW YORK, N.Y., May 20, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — This spring, New York’s Chelsea Gallery District becomes the launch pad for a dystopian spectacle masquerading as a campaign rollout. “Opposing Visions: The Trump Era in Art” unveils its provocative centerpiece: “Project 29,” a monumental sculpture by Daniel Edwards that dares to imagine a third term for Donald Trump – not through ballots, but through biotech, belief, and brute spectacle.

Image caption: Daniel Edwards, Project 29: The MAGAnaut, 2024. Mixed media sculpture. “Trump’s severed head, suspended in a life-support orb, is grafted onto a dual-bodied cyborg formed from Elon Musk and RFK Jr.”

Edwards’s grotesque yet mesmerizing creation features Trump’s severed head, preserved in a translucent life-support bubble, affixed to the chest of a dual-headed cyborg hybrid of Elon Musk and RFK Jr. This hulking figure—part flesh, part machine—embodies the bizarre fusion of authoritarian allure, tech worship, and a presidency that refuses to fade.

“Project 29” draws on Musk’s real-world ventures—Neuralink, SpaceX, and the Optimus robot—to envision a Trump presidency not sanctioned by the Constitution, but sustained by fringe science, techno-utopian delusion, and public belief in its promise. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assumes the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services, portrayed as uniquely “qualified” to oversee the preservation and vitality of the artificially sustained presidential head.

“The work explores what happens when a presidency pushes beyond legal, ethical, and rational limits by any means necessary—and how a willing public embraces even the most extreme measures to keep their leader in power,” explains Edwards.

The biomechanical figure is clad in a sculpted harness and high-tech thong styled after the Tesla logo, with its gleaming posterior boldly displayed.

“I sculpted the gluteal forms with the same reverence one might bring to the Lincoln Memorial,” Edwards says. “Regrettably, I may have given the monster just enough majesty to win a primary.” Among younger audiences, the figure’s physique might simply be described as having a “gyatt.”

“Project 29” serves as a stark emblem of the present—a testament to the unsettling reality that the dystopia once feared has begun to unfold. In its outstretched hand, the Musk/RFK Jr. hybrid grips an American flag reimagined as a spear—no longer a symbol of unity, but a relic of a fractured nation. Referencing the flag-wielding intruders of January 6, 2021, the pose evokes a dystopian nationalism turned inward, where sacred symbols are no longer upheld but brandished, hollowed, and weaponized.

At the figure’s feet stands a ‘resurrected’ Peanut the squirrel, referencing a 2024 incident in which New York officials euthanized a squirrel suspected of rabies. MAGA outrage of government overreach—and a viral post from Musk—transformed the animal into an unlikely folk hero. For Post-Internet artist XVALA, also featured in the exhibition, Peanut became “part monument, part meme, part relic.”

XVALA’s contribution – a gold-plated bronze MAGA hat designed for ceremonial display atop the Resolute Desk – offers a reverent counterpoint. “It’s not a joke,” he insists. “It’s the most culturally significant headwear of the 21st century. It deserves preservation, not parody.” Where Edwards skewers Trump’s afterlife with dystopian satire, XVALA treats the MAGA movement as revolutionary heritage. For him, this exhibition is not parody—it is prophecy.

Image caption: XVALA, The Gold MAGA Hat, 2023. 24-karat gold-plated bronze. “A hyperreal cast of an authentic Trump-signed MAGA hat, laser-scanned, 3D printed and transformed into a gilded political relic.”

“Project 29” marks, in XVALA’s view, the true launch of Trump’s third-term campaign. Edwards, by contrast, relishes the opportunity to ridicule that very notion in sculptural form. The tension between the two animates the exhibit’s volatile core.

Providing a grounding presence is artist Jarva Land, whose pen-and-ink courtroom sketches—drawn during Trump’s ongoing legal battles—capture the raw theater of justice. “I draw to see, not to judge,” Land says. Her work, restrained yet piercing, offers an unfiltered view of a nation on trial.

“Opposing Visions” is a kaleidoscope of ideological extremes – from far-left critique to far-right veneration – united by a refusal to offer easy answers.

We invite you to experience “Opposing Visions: The Trump Era in Art” at the Iconoclast Room, located in the West Chelsea Building at 526 W 26th Street, Room 511, New York, NY.

The exhibition runs from May 26–31, 2025, with special events throughout the week, including a sneak preview on Tuesday, a press opportunity on Wednesday morning, and an Artists’ Reception on Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. Join us to explore this provocative and timely body of work in the heart of Chelsea’s gallery district.

For press inquiries, interview requests, or additional information, please contact Daniel Edwards at iconoclastroom@gmail.com or call (646) 657-8028. Our artists are available for interviews, panels, and public appearances. We look forward to welcoming you.

ICONOCLAST ROOM: https://www.iconoclastroom.com/

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CAPTION: Daniel Edwards, Project 29: The MAGAnaut, 2024. Mixed media sculpture. “Trump’s severed head, suspended in a life-support orb, is grafted onto a dual-bodied cyborg formed from Elon Musk and RFK Jr.”

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CAPTION: XVALA, The Gold MAGA Hat, 2023. 24-karat gold-plated bronze. “A hyperreal cast of an authentic Trump-signed MAGA hat, laser-scanned, 3D printed and transformed into a gilded political relic.”

Images are copyrighted by the artists noted. Rights granted for reproduction by legitimate media, with proper attribution. Underlying works shown in images are Copr. © by the artist(s) noted. All other reproduction rights reserved.

NEWS SOURCE: Daniel Edwards

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XVALA Defaces Banksy Steve Jobs Mural to Make a Point in ‘Meme Party’

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- American artist XVALA will open his MEME PARTY campaign with an extreme modification of Banksy's mural painting of Steve Jobs in Calais, France, known as "The Son of a Migrant from Syria". XVALA will unveil his work at an event on April 27, 2019 in the Bowery. All pieces in the campaign make use of a variety of politically-charged and often controversial memes.

MEME PARTY consists of a series of art pieces and experiences created by XVALA to protest technological censorship. His concern is the loss of both freedom of information and freedom of expression in modern life due to invasive governmental and technological entities. The artist has chosen to use memes from websites such as 4chan, 8chan and Reddit as symbols to protest the reach of companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter as well as government agencies, in the lives of common people. He hopes his art will encourage open, public discussion of these issues.

The MEME PARTY campaign will culminate at a later date with a film documenting the artist's three-year journey to conceptualize and realize each experience and work of art.

XVALA is an artist whose work most often lies at the intersection of art and technology, appropriating spaces, materials and subject matter that others have overlooked as artistic tools. He is known for being controversial in both subject (including images of Britney Spears with her head shaved and leaked nude images of Scarlett Johansson) and materials (including items salvaged from the garbage of Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs and Jack Dorsey).

He is best known for his "Fear Google" campaign, which targeted the unavoidable loss of privacy that results from a modern, high-tech lifestyle.

Regarding MEME PARTY, XVALA says, "At this time the idea of free speech is a polarizing issue. People feel cheated that they can't share jokes or say the obvious. I'm here to value unfiltered internet and meme culture. Memes represent true unfiltered internet culture and that's both dangerous and awesome. This is the most dangerous street art ever created because I'm standing up and saying no to the narrative pushed by the heads of tech companies and the heads of state."

Further information about the Meme Party launch event is forthcoming. For more information on XVALA or the Meme Party campaign, please visit http://www.xvala.com/ or contact XVALA directly at http://www.xvala.com/contact.

Promo Video (YouTube):
https://youtu.be/_pz_6_M63Bw

American artist XVALA will open his MEME PARTY campaign with an extreme modification of Banksy's mural painting of Steve Jobs in Calais, France, known as "The Son of a Migrant from Syria". XVALA will unveil his work at an event on April 27, 2019 in the Bowery. All pieces in the campaign make use of a variety of politically-charged and often controversial memes.

Related link: http://www.xvala.com/

Recent Social Unrest Inspires ‘Fear Google’ Artist to ‘Grave Rob’ Muhammad Ali, Bruce Lee for Work of Art

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- A ground-breaking work of art by the "Fear Google" artist XVALA is set to be debuted on August 19 during the March on Google (#MarchOnGoogle) in Mountain View, California. Dubbed "The Diversity Belt," XVALA plans to wear his latest work of art in public at the March On Google to publicly share his point of view regarding Americans' First Amendment rights.

"The Diversity Belt" is a championship style belt emblazoned with the slogan "The Greatest of All Time" or "G.O.A.T." The belt includes items collected from the grave sites of Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee that are affixed next to photographs of the icons, along with a portrait of the artist, XVALA, in the center. The Belt was created to spark peaceful debate over American's first amendment rights to express diverse ideas and thoughts and Google's involvement in suppressing those ideas and thoughts.

"Google demonstrates a monopolistic power to censor all," said XVALA.

"The Diversity Belt" is designed to address America's growing cultural divide in regards to diversity and the rights of citizen's to express their beliefs on diversity.

"By manipulating search results to reflect their own political biases and creating a fear based work environment, our first amendment rights are slowly being deteriorated by Google," said XVALA.

In recent news, Google terminated a young engineer for writing a memo that expressed his views about Google's political bias silencing opposing opinions within an environment that claims to accept diversity in world views.

"The Diversity Belt," as an expression of positivity, aims to remind Google that solutions come in many forms if you are willing to seek them out.

"I am like Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali, they are some of the greatest fighters of all time and I am the greatest fighter against new forms of censorship," said XVALA.

XVALA is a world famous artist who is controversial both inside and outside the art world for his "Fear Google" campaign and his stance on the loss of privacy. XVALA recently made international headlines for announcing "No Delete," an exhibition of hacked images of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton's nude photos, showcasing our loss of control in the internet age.

The belt will not be for sale; as of now as it is strictly meant to spark peaceful debate over citizen's first amendment right to express diverse ideas and thoughts without fear of censorship.

For more information contact XVALA at (510) 833-6760 or visit http://www.xvala.com/.

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*Photo Caption: Dubbed "The Diversity Belt," XVALA plans to wear his latest work of art in public at the #MarchOnGoogle.

A ground-breaking work of art by the "Fear Google" artist XVALA is set to be debuted on August 19 during the March on Google in Mountain View, California. Dubbed "The Diversity Belt," XVALA plans to wear his latest work of art in public at the March On Google to publicly share his point of view regarding Americans' First Amendment rights.

Related link: http://www.xvala.com/