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The image of the breastfeeding Madonna, or Madonna Lactans, is a recurring motif in ecclesiastical depictions of the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. Often portrayed with one breast in the child’s mouth, these iconographic scenes present the Madonna as a nurturing mother nourishing, protecting, and embodying divine procreation. There is a legend surrounding La Madonna (Lacunas) in which St. Bernard of Clairvaux prays before a statue of the Madonna in 1146, and was said to have received a miraculous stream of her milk into his mouth; granting him wisdom, or in some versions, curing his illness. Images of La Madonna with her breasts in hand have percolated from that tale in various forms throughout history.
In 5–7 Excelsior Works (2025), a series of block prints and screen prints echoes imagery sourced from the artist featured in pornography, as well as imagery of La Madonna Lactans and La Santa Muerte, printed on a duvet. In these prints, Diamond reinterprets La Madonna…
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The image of the breastfeeding Madonna, or Madonna Lactans, is a recurring motif in ecclesiastical depictions of the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. Often portrayed with one breast in the child’s mouth, these iconographic scenes present the Madonna as a nurturing mother nourishing, protecting, and embodying divine procreation. There is a legend surrounding La Madonna (Lacunas) in which St. Bernard of Clairvaux prays before a statue of the Madonna in 1146, and was said to have received a miraculous stream of her milk into his mouth; granting him wisdom, or in some versions, curing his illness. Images of La Madonna with her breasts in hand have percolated from that tale in various forms throughout history.
In 5–7 Excelsior Works (2025), a series of block prints and screen prints echoes imagery sourced from the artist featured in pornography, as well as imagery of La Madonna Lactans and La Santa Muerte, printed on a duvet. In these prints, Diamond reinterprets La Madonna…
