Pussydonna: Putang Ina Mo
2020
Ceramic, Gesso, Gold Leaf,
18" x 16" x 18"
"Putang Ina Mo," a Filipino cuss word for "Your mom is a whore," subverts the catholic iconography of the "Sedes sapientiae" or "Seat of Wisdom" where the madonna is presented as a throne for the christ child to sit on. In this piece, the madonna is re-imagined as an indigenous goddess of fecundity. The small christ child with his limp banana is overpowered in scale by the madonna dressed in blood red robes and gold leafed cape that resembles a labia.
