Madonna
The artist created a figurative portrait of a woman holding a baby - her face drawn from an old photograph of her grandmother; her body, her own, holding her daughter. Blending past and present, the image speaks to universality, identity, and generational continuity. A contemporary Madonna, the figure embodies motherhood, migration, memory, and hope. The baby represents all forms of birth and new beginnings. This work reflects on belonging - not tied to place, but to roots and choices. In the simplest, most unpretentious way, the woman of yesterday and today merged together symbolizes the obvious: the universality of human beings, and a deep bond between them despite being different.
For a young person in 2025, there are ways of living without leaving. Ways of living without leaving what we love and our dreams. There is always time to be reborn, to recreate, to redefine.
