Re-Imagining Mary.
Marshall, Hannah.
2017
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My work interrogates
the contemporary Catholic Church and its teachings on sex and gender as manifested in
the Virgin Mary. I am discovering Mary as a god, a real person, a negotiated space, and
as a weaponized symbol. Mary’s body is physically present in the daily lives of
many Catholics, but is not represented in the teachings and traditions of the Catholic
Church. Quite simply, there are n... read moreo women with power in the church’s hierarchy;
according to church teaching, the ultimate vocation for a Catholic woman is to raise a
Catholic family. This body of work deals with the discrepancy of Mary in the Catholic
Church; what happens to someone when they are simultaneously present and absent? I am
looking at Mary as a real person—as myself. What happens when Mary’s hands
become my own hands, and my hands become Mary’s hands? The large, tapestry-like
sheets of handmade paper reference the layers upon layers of fabric that cover
Mary’s body. I am questioning the church’s tradition of celebrating and
revering Mary while actively preventing women from having access to space within the
church.
Keywords: feminism, Catholic, Mary, Virgin Mary.read less - ID:
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