"Donnie" (2025) Malarstwo autorstwa Dennis Mollemans

The first piece in the Cuties series, titled Donnie, portrays Donald Trump through an abstract composition of rolled strips of The New Yorker. The portrait features a face in vivid orange-red tones with a distinct mass of yellow suggesting hair—colors that evoke Trump’s heavily mediated image without relying on clear likeness. In its fragmented, minimal form, Donnie underscores how recognizable and culturally ingrained his presence has become.

In this series I will explore how much detail can be taken away before the intended figure becomes unrecognizable. I believe that the more impact the person has had on history, the fewer details need to remain.

“Cuties” is a series of abstract portraits of political figures, constructed from rolled strips of The New Yorker magazine. By deconstructing a publication known for its intellectualism and political commentary, the series reflects on the saturation of political imagery in life. Each portrait, though minimal and distorted, remains instantly recognizable, revealing the extent to which these individuals are imprinted in our collective consciousness. The work explores how visual shorthand and media repetition have etched certain faces so deeply into our minds that even the suggestion of a likeness, built from fragmented language and image, is enough to evoke them with clarity.

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