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# Where Angels Fear to Tread
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/andrew-ellis-johnson-where-angels-fear-to-tread/
- Published: 2018-03-03T15:00:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:10:47.000Z
- Description: The marble floors are turning red.
- Author: Andrew Ellis Johnson
- Tags: Art, Drawing, Weekend, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

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Andrew Ellis Johnson, “Spurious” (2018), gouache, wax, ink, graphite, and digital print on paper, 43.5 x 65.75 inches

**Spurious**

Just as Achilles, swift of foot though absent spear:

*“I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon*.”

**—**[**US President Donald John Trump**](https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/politics/trump-florida-school-without-a-weapon/index.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)

Just as Hermes, winged sandaled interpreter translates:

*“I think he was just stating that as a leader, he would have stepped in and hopefully been able to help.”*

**—**[**White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders**](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/375669-wh-trump-would-have-tried-to-help-during-florida-shooting-as-a-leader?ref=hyperallergic.com)

Discrepancies are aesthetic:

*“You know, beautiful marble floor, didn’t look like it. It changed color. Became very red \[…\] it’s just not my thing.”*

**—**[**US President Donald John Trump**](https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-time-donald-trump-turned-away-in-disgust-while-a-man-bled-to-death-in-front-of-him?ref=hyperallergic.com)

It’s a bone spur kind of thing.