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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.”

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Her Flaming Sword
Her Flaming Sword
Her Flaming Sword
Her Flaming Sword

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Magdalene Bouchard

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“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]