{"product_id":"war-games-by-donna-r-pattee-ballard","title":"\"War Games\" by Donna R. Pattee-Ballard","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecycled Plastic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e26.5\" x 23\" x .5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNFS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWar Games\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a visual reality check on the high cost of reckless leadership. The piece depicts Donald Trump playing with toy soldiers on a canvas made entirely of fused discarded plastic trash bags. I chose to work with discarded plastic waste because plastic is cheap, toxic, and designed to be thrown away—the perfect metaphor for a political mindset that treats global security like a disposable plaything. By staging this scene on a trash bag, the artwork connects the dots between a throwaway culture and a haphazard approach to foreign policy, where real human lives are reduced to cheap, plastic pawns. Ultimately, the piece makes a messy and urgent point: when those in power view geopolitical conflict as a casual game, the human consequences are treated like garbage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fischman Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52800245530935,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0870\/6234\/8087\/files\/20260807_145148.jpg?v=1786130876","url":"https:\/\/fischmangallery.org\/products\/war-games-by-donna-r-pattee-ballard","provider":"Fischman Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}