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Andres Serrano’s Absurd Museum of Trump

“The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano.

“Donald Trump is all things to all people,” photographer Andres Serrano said in a recent preview for his first-ever installation project, “The Game: All Things Trump.” To fulfill that maximalist spirit, Serrano’s exhibition opening Friday features an astonishing number of Trump-related memorabilia and oddities.

Of particular note is a piece of the cake from Trump’s wedding to Melania Knauss, for which Serrano paid $1,800. In total, the Piss Christ artist spent around $200,000 and some long hours on eBay hunting down assorted kitsch from Trump’s career, including blackjack tables from the failed Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, mannequins decked in Trump Taj Mahal security guard uniforms, and a slew of magazines with Trump on the cover — including the “Best Sex I Ever Had” issue of the New York Post from 1990, and a curious Trump-signed 2015 issue of Newsweek with Hillary Clinton on the cover. As many items in the exhibition attest, the president will sign just about anything.

The Game: All Things Trump, an exhibition by a/political in collaboration with ArtX, is open at 409 W. 14th St., from April 13 through June 9.

“The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano.
Donald Trump-signed USA flag. “The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Images Courtesy of a/political and ArtX. Photo by John Mireles.
“The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano.
Donald Trump–signed mask. “The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano.
Melania and Donald Trump’s Souvenir Wedding Cake, January 22, 2005. “The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano
“The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano.
Donald J. Trump Signature Collection Ties. The Game: All Things Trump; A multi-media installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Images Courtesy of a/political and ArtX. Photo by John Mireles.
Donald Trump–signed “Hillary for Prison” novelty bill. “The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano
“The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano.
2006 Trump Vodka 50 ml 24K. “The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano.
Stormy Daniels–signed Make America Great (Horny) Again baseball cap (left) with Donald Trump–signed Make America Great Again! baseball cap. “The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Images Courtesy of a/political and ArtX. Photo by John Mireles.
Taj Mahal EGO Lounge rotation sign, Trump Hotel and Casino. “The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Images Courtesy of a/political and ArtX. Photo by John Mireles.
Donald Trump, 2004 (America), Andres Serrano, large fabric banner. “The Game: All Things Trump”: A multimedia installation by Andres Serrano. Photo: Andres Serrano.

The Game: All Things Trump is open at 409 W. 14th St., from April 13 through June 9.

Andres Serrano’s Absurd Museum of Trump