Ivanka Trump Reveals What 'Infuriated' Her About 'Sexist' Vacuuming Exhibit
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Ivanka Trump revealed what it is that bothers her so much about the “Ivanka Vacuuming” art exhibit in Washington D.C., which features a woman who looks like her vacuuming up crumbs thrown by galley visitors.

First daughter Ivanka Trump recently revealed what it is that bothers her so much about the "Ivanka Vacuuming" art exhibit in Washington, D.C., which features a woman who looks like her vacuuming up crumbs thrown by gallery visitors.  Trump told ABC's 'Good Morning America,' in an interview that aired on Friday: "I think it's a very sexist representation of a woman."  "What bothered me about this image is that they hired a 16-year-old girl to stand there and have crumbs thrown at her for two hours a day for a couple of months," Trump also commented. "So I have a real problem with that, and that is what infuriated me more than anything."  Trump had previously said via Twitter: "Women can choose to knock each other down or build each other up. I choose the latter." The artist, Jennifer Rubell, responded, explaining that the piece is "not knocking anyone down. Exploring complicated subjects we all care about."  A release about the work noted: "Inspired by a figure whose public persona incorporates an almost comically wide range of feminine identities — daughter, wife, mother, sister, model, working woman, blonde — Ivanka Vacuuming 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." 
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