99 44/100% Pure
2007
Embroidery on Linen
17" x 43"
I will dash your assumptions right now. No, I am not Catholic, but I adore the smoke and mirrors as only a non-catholic can. Mixed in with my private relationship concerns in my previous work was a curiosity over the much larger relationships between Art, Religion, and Consumerism. Where is the money? Here, I represent the largest past patron of the arts, the church, with the current largest patron of the arts, corporations. My favorite place to buy supplies is Hobby Lobby and my favorite fast food is Chick-Fil-A. Interestingly, they are both Christian companies. What makes a company Christian? Is it even Christian to be a company? As to whether the makers of Ivory soap, Proctor & Gamble, are a Christian company, I don't know. T he company did, however, receive unwanted media publicity in the 1980's when an urban legand spread that their previous corporate logo was a satanic symbol. I could have used Murphy's Oil Soap instead but, then, could I haved asked: Is Mary purer than a bar of Ivory Soap? Cleanliness is akin to godliness.