Andres Serrano proposed a site-specific installation for the 2026 Venice Art Biennale, focusing on Donald Trump within the U.S. Pavilion. This project will expand upon Serrano's ongoing archive-based work, The Game: All Things Trump, showcasing hundreds of Trump-related artifacts collected over years. The installation will also feature his 2022 film Insurrection, positioning the Pavilion as a representation of the White House. Serrano's engagement with Trump iconography began in 2019, critiquing the commodification of political identity, with prior exhibitions displayed in various venues and published in a book.
The proposal would incorporate hundreds of Trump-related artifacts ranging from commercial products to political ephemera collected by the artist over several years. Serrano has indicated that this expanded version of The Game would also feature his 2022 film Insurrection, tailored to the U.S. Pavilion's Palladian structure, framing it as a 'seat of power.'
Serrano's engagement with Trump iconography began in 2019, when he held a New York exhibition displaying branded merchandise, news clippings, and collectible items, including a small chocolate favor from Donald and Melania's wedding.
The project was marked by a critique and cataloging of the commodification of political identity. It later traveled to venues in Europe and was published as a book.
For the Venice Art Biennale, the artist proposes to re-stage these objects within the Pavilion's grand rooms, heightening the sense of populist spectacle.
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