Madonna Comix Explores The Ephemeral
Feb 06, 2015•5 min
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Episode description
An arresting new show opened at Augen Gallery this week.
Artist Dianne Kronberg's "The Madonna Comix" is a series of prints inspired by 11 poems with titles like "Madonna of the Cigarettes," "Madonna of the Suitcase," and "The Madonna Bomb." Featuring images of a naked pregnant dancer in dynamic poses or found images of things like pelicans and bomb vests, the prints look like frames from a weathered old graphic novel that were printed over erased backgrounds of Little Lulu cartoons, although in fact they were created in Photoshop.
Kronberg originally made a name for herself with photographs of biological specimens. But then seven years ago, after moving from Portland to the San Juan Islands, she began collaborating with a poet named Elisabeth Frost. Kronberg says that collaboration in turn caught the eye of the person she’d work with on "Madonna Comix," Celia Bland.
Artist Dianne Kronberg's "The Madonna Comix" is a series of prints inspired by 11 poems with titles like "Madonna of the Cigarettes," "Madonna of the Suitcase," and "The Madonna Bomb." Featuring images of a naked pregnant dancer in dynamic poses or found images of things like pelicans and bomb vests, the prints look like frames from a weathered old graphic novel that were printed over erased backgrounds of Little Lulu cartoons, although in fact they were created in Photoshop.
Kronberg originally made a name for herself with photographs of biological specimens. But then seven years ago, after moving from Portland to the San Juan Islands, she began collaborating with a poet named Elisabeth Frost. Kronberg says that collaboration in turn caught the eye of the person she’d work with on "Madonna Comix," Celia Bland.
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