"Black Madonna" Exhibition

HP Garcia Gallery

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HPGarcia Gallery is pleased to announce BLACK MADONNA, a groundbreaking multimedia group exhibition inspired by the compelling Mark Wiener underground photographic works known as The Black Madonna Series. Curated by Lisa Paul Streitfeld and H.P. Garcia, this multimedia exhibition explores the physical form of the icon within the context of a celebrity-obsessed, corporate-manipulated consumer culture. The answer points to the body and how we perceive and view ourselves under such influences. In legend, the Black Madonna was the “San Grail” (Holy Blood) who carried the lineage of Christ through the centuries. We revisit this icon as we seek the physical form of what scientists are now naming “dark matter.” The men and women in this exhibition have made the journey inward, in the context of the consumer culture, to explore what continues to be repressed. By way of erotic engagement -- between their materials, personal narrative and universal archetype -- they newly define themselves in a state of holism.

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