My restoration of traditional biblical depictions of the Virgin Mary, are replaced with the infamous Kim Kardashian manipulated to depict Kim's notorious rise to fame. My piece illuminates the similar way in which we idolise, glorify and follow the carefully constructed imagery of these equally iconic women; Mary-constructed by the Catholic church and male artists, and for Kim, the mass media. Essentially my work emphasises society’s blind following of the Kardashians and the comprehensive power we give them disclosing that celebrities are a new religion.
‘HAIL KIM, FULL OF FACE, THE LORD IS WITH THEE’ 2017 C-type print