Magdalene Bouchard
Her Flaming Sword
Illustration
2022
micron pens, adobe fresco
8.5 x 11
Institutional Critique Illustration
“A response to the rampant misogyny and sexual abuse within the Catholic church. Madonna and child take the place of Archangel Michael, raising a flaming sword to smite evil, represented by priests and the Notre Dame burning in hell.”
Work by
Magdalene Bouchard
Illustration
“My mother raised me to believe that to be holy is to suffer, that if I am hungry or tired I should offer that suffering to God, as tribute. I may not be Catholic anymore, but between putting used...” [More]