Wednesday, January 10, 2007

La Jolie Vierge




RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina artist - Kate Kretz - intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a Wal-Mart checkout line.







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6 comments:

  1. Collin Kelley11:43 PM, January 10, 2007

    Is it painted on velvet? lol Seriously, that is hilarious.

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  2. Nick10:38 AM, January 11, 2007

    Actually its an acrylic and oil on linen but I woulda thunk the same thing. :-)

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  3. Peter6:59 PM, January 11, 2007

    Love this. It's perfect.

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  4. John Gallaher9:48 AM, January 12, 2007

    I had this same vision the other day, but I think she was sporting a crown of thorns.

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  5. Nick10:37 PM, January 12, 2007

    Or maybe on the right side of the Lord in DaVinci's "Last Supper".

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  6. Anny Ballardini4:20 PM, January 13, 2007

    this is _glorious_!

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