Monday, September 14, 2009

Fat Virgin Mary

I've never seen an image with a fat Virgin Mary before. I've seen the liberation of Mary when I first went to Oregon in 2002. I had seen her in an indie bookstore and 2 weeks after returning home I called the bookstore and asked if it was still available. It was and I purchased it! I LOVE it. Here it is below:




I fell in LOVE with Alma Lopez's "Our Lady" 1999 digital media image seen below (which was also the cover art for Chris Abani's book Virgin of the Flames:



While on my trip this weekend I found a FAT VIRGIN MARY! I had never seen one before! So I purchased her. The only thing I know about this image is that it was made in Peru.



LOVELOVELOVE
AMORAMORAMOR
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  1. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2009 at 6:59 PM

    they're all so freaking beautiful--thanks SO much for showing these. I'd only ever seen the alma lopez one!

    ~bfp

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  2. UnknownJanuary 15, 2010 at 4:31 PM

    OMG! We're discussing this in my women's studies class! I love Alma Lopez's "Our Lady"!

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