Saint or Sinner – Mason Storm

With ‘Saint or Sinner’, British artist Mason Storm has created one of his most provocative and controversial works. The painting depicts Donald Trump as a modern saint or condemned criminal in a convict's uniform on the execution bench, hovering between veneration and damnation. Storm combines the visual language of traditional icon painting with the directness of contemporary pop culture. The result is a work that raises questions about morality, religion, power and social double standards in equal measure.

Precisely because ‘Saint or Sinner’ is so polarising, it has been picked up by the media worldwide and controversially discussed. Is it blasphemy – or a relentless reflection of our times? These areas of tension make the work an ideal starting point for a conversation about art, politics and the question of how we read images today.