- Ivanka Trump, a White House adviser and President Donald Trump's eldest daughter, hit back at a new art exhibit that features her name and a look-alike model.
- The exhibit in Washington, DC, "Ivanka Vacuuming," portrays the first daughter as vacuuming crumbs that onlookers throw onto a pink rug.
- Ivanka Trump and her brothers described the exhibit as insulting and sexist, but the artist said it was meant to provoke a wide range of interpretations.
Ivanka Trump, a White House adviser and President Donald Trump's eldest daughter, hit back at a new art exhibit that features her name and a look-alike model.
In a tweet on Tuesday, Ivanka Trump denounced the exhibit, "Ivanka Vacuuming," which portrays the first daughter as vacuuming crumbs that onlookers throw.
"Women can choose to knock each other down or build each other up,"she wrote. "I choose the latter."
Women can choose to knock each other down or build each other up. I choose the latter. https://t.co/MFri4xKhNI
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) February 5, 2019
Her brothers also slammed the exhibit.
"Sad, but not surprising to watch self professed 'feminists' launching sexist attacks against @IvankaTrump,"Donald Trump Jr. tweeted. "In their crazed world, sexism is OK if hurts their political enemies."
Eric Trump described his sister on Fox News as a "powerful woman who has done more for women than probably anyone in Washington, DC."
The art piece, by the conceptual artist Jennifer Rubell and presented by CulturalDC, invites the public to "throw crumbs onto the carpet, watching as Ivanka elegantly vacuums up the mess, her smile never wavering."
A press release from CulturalDC said the exhibit is "simultaneously a visual celebration of a contemporary feminine icon; a portrait of our own relationship to that figure; and a questioning of our complicity in her role-playing."
It's "inspired by a figure whose public persona incorporates an almost comically wide range of feminine identities — daughter, wife, mother, sister, model, working woman, blonde," the release said.
Rubell was quoted as saying in the release that the portrayal is expected to provoke "multiple, often contradictory interpretations."
"Here is what's complicated: we enjoy throwing the crumbs for Ivanka to vacuum ... It's funny, it's pleasurable, it makes us feel powerful, and we want to do it more," Rubell said. "We like having the power to elicit a specific and certain response. Also, we know she'll keep vacuuming whether we do it or not, so it's not really our fault, right?"
"Ivanka Vacuuming" will be displayed from 6 to 8 p.m. ET each day until February 17 in Washington and via a livestream.
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