Madonna of Vacuum

"Madonna of Vacuum" 26" x 19" x 5" deep. Mixed Media.

The Madonna...symbol of absolute faith...mother of the Saviour...the virgin vessel most sacred in some religions. I have adorned her with a halo of vacuum tubes indicating the very nature of total faith -- an absence of questioning in a radiance of warmth and light. Vacuum tubes have long been used in radios (and other equipment) for amplification of signals -- and here, perhaps it amplifies one's inner grace to something that makes it plausible enough to feel....to believe in...to worship.

Technology and Religion have long been at odds in some repects...and allied in others. Now, poised upon the cusp of technology becoming taken as faith by most, I believe the two shall begin to merge in so many strange ways. Imagine....implants to tap the very signals of Creation, the Bible, Koran (or any other religious tome) implanted for complete recall and guidance, on-board monitors for spiritual guidance......ones imagination isn't nearly as devious as Humanity coupled with religious fervour.

And so....I offer this as an exploration of that grey land between imagination and reality -- where saints are imbued with circuitry in the age-old endeavour to shed the beast and become God-Like.