{"product_id":"richard-kraft-richard-kraft-9781938221286","title":"Richard Kraft: It Is What It Is: All the Cards Issued to Donald Trump, January 2017-January 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA daily reckoning, a refusal of normalcy and a bulwark against forgetting: Richard Kraft's epic visual and notational account of Trump's four years in office\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, New York-based artist Richard Kraft felt the necessity, like many others, of keeping a close watch on his presidency. Every day, Kraft scoured the news and Trump's Twitter feed, assigning, like a referee in a soccer match, colored cards associated with transgressing rules and codes of conduct.\u003cbr\u003ePublished in an edition of 650 copies, this five-volume set presents over 10,000 cards for Trump's words and actions. In soccer, yellow signifies a warning. Red is for those offenses for which a player should be dismissed. Soon after the inauguration, Kraft began adding more colors for other infractions.\u003cbr\u003eWhen asked about COVID-19's death toll by journalist Jonathan Swan, Trump replied, \"It is what it is.\" This project takes its title from that callous dismissal. A brute confrontation with the facts of Trump's presidency, it is also a durational work of art, marrying futility with vigilance, transforming toxicity into beauty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Kraft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938221281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938221286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Siglio Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.70w x 5.20d","brand":"Richard Kraft","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43996031779071,"sku":"9781938221286","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9149464b-532d-402d-9328-5c8c2e211b35.jpg?v=1683339300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/richard-kraft-richard-kraft-9781938221286","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}