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Trump Is Triggering a New Wave of Feminist Protest Art

Meet the 'Nasty Women.'

Political tumult and provocative art have a symbiotic relationship that is being rekindled in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential victory. Before the Republican even takes office January 20, a new movement of protest art among women is beginning to emerge.

On Thursday night, the first of 30 "Nasty Women" art exhibitions opened in the cavernous Knockdown Center in Queens with more than 700 female artists' work hung on 12-foot-tall block letters spelling out N-A-S-T-Y W-O-M-E-N. A Trump voodoo doll, a painting of flaming high heels, a bracelet etched with "UNGRABBABLE," a photo of well-manicured middle-fingers, and innumerable depictions of vaginas were on display and all for sale for $100 or less.

Organizers said more than 2,200 people attended the show's opening night (it runs through Sunday) and they spent $34,950 on the art, all of which was donated to Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of reproductive health services in the United States.

"This show is a message to Trump and the government that you can't roll back women's rights without a fight," the exhibitions co-director Jessamyn Fiore said in an interview at the event. "I see art as action, an action of solidarity and presence." Fiore and her fellow organizers all sported bright-purple pageant sashes — not unlike the ones worn by contestants in Trump's Miss Universe contests. But these sashes identified them each as a "Nasty Woman."

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