Credit the artist, Karen Fiorito, who posted it to her IG account (karenfiorito) on July 3, 2025. She posted this imge to IG and titled the work "Swamp King."
On July 4 she added:
My Big Beautiful Billboard ☺️
Photos by @laina_mcwhorter Phoenix, AZ (July 3, 2025) – The level of damage and chaos Donald Trump has levied on all aspects of the U.S. government and American life during his first 6 months in office, inspired “Swamp King” by California artist Karen Fiorito, symbolically portraying the damage sustained by critical government infrastructure, imperious “nose thumbing” at the courts, disdain for the “rule of law” and human rights, and all manner of self-dealing. Erratic, contradictory policies shored up by a cruel budget, are destined to ruin the lives of millions of middle and low income families, in favor of obscene tax cuts for the rich. A huge pile of money earmarked for a shadowy, masked police force, is one of many red flags along this quickly developing road to authoritarianism.
The Grand Avenue Billboard Project, located at 11th and Grand Avenues in Phoenix, AZ, is privately funded to support timely political artwork. Established by Phoenix artist Beatrice Moore, the billboard first featured Fiorito’s work as part of her Arizona State University (ASU) thesis show in 2004. Fiorito describes “Swamp King” as, “A snapshot of our current political climate under the Trump Regime: full of corruption, militarism, cronyism and just plain ugliness. All of us - artists, activists and everyday citizens - need to stand up, and fight back again this tyrannical oligarchy. This is my way of fighting back”. She further explains that “Tyrants hate being mocked and for good reason: it undermines their power, encourages dissent and makes them look weak, all the while highlighting their insecurities.”
![image showing [OC] Billboard - Phoenix, AZ](7bd18dd2-a0aa-5343-84f1-2279e8315c41.jpg)
Spartan2470 on October 16th, 2025 at 20:31 UTC »
Credit the artist, Karen Fiorito, who posted it to her IG account (karenfiorito) on July 3, 2025. She posted this imge to IG and titled the work "Swamp King."
On July 4 she added:
Sifiisnewreality on October 17th, 2025 at 01:01 UTC »
We need many many more of these throughout the U.S.
Desert-Democrat-602 on October 17th, 2025 at 01:34 UTC »
Love this! Where is it in Phoenix? I need to take a pic