presently on exhibit at theSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art : the work of creative person Chris Shaw , who re - envisage historical depictions of the Virgin Mary swaddle not wee baby Jesus , but an atom inspired by the discovery of the Higgs Boson , an armillary field , and a violent , writhing squid . Bonus : admittance is free .
Boing Boing ’s Ben Marksgives us a brief bio on Shaw and the status of SFMOMA :
As theSan Francisco Museum of Modern Artprepares to shutter its South of Market location for the next three years , during which it will spend almost half a billion dollars to more than double its size for the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection , the museum ’s restaurant on Third Street shut out its more modest exhibition plan with nine acrylic - on - sail paintings by Chris Shaw , on view through June 3 , 2013 .
well known locally for his rock bill sticker , Shaw has used his swan - vocal fourth dimension slot to present a series of vividly colorise Blessed Virgin , each base on Madonnas by such 15th century artist as Bellini , Botticelli , and Ambrogio de Predis . For Shaw , the Madonna is just another propaganda ikon , a vessel to be fill up with whatever one is trying to sell . [ Ed . annotation : Though I think it ’s fair to say this interpretation is pitch more toward Shaw ’s depictions of “ Madonna and Kalishnakov ” and “ Madonna and Colt 45 ” than it is his Madonnas of Science . Then again , peradventure I ’m just more disposed to swallow the pill of scientific propaga – oooooh , I see what you did , there . ]
On his website , Shaw explains his picture of Madonna and the atom :
This painting is inspired by the late scientific confirmation of the Higgs - Boson “ GOD ” particle , the supposed sub - nuclear building block that gives all matter mass . The name itself is enough to warrant the creation of a Modern Icon . In this piece , I created a geometric foundation using conformation , curves , and ratio find in nature , and check the figure into it . The icon is also based on the types of geometry plant in sub atomic particle collisions , it will equip snugly into the existent image of a particle collision which created a “ God ” particle . While the painting is not intended as a black - light piece , it does take full advantage of the fluorescent spectrum , metallic colors , and bring out phosphorescent effects in total shadow .
Other Madonnas of Science let in the Madonna of the Microscope , Madonna of Evolution , and Madonna of the Magnet , visualize below . you’re able to checker out the whole card ( let in the Madonnas of Colt 45 and the Kalishnakov)on Shaw ’s web site .
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