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A master copy of Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres’ “Virgin of the Adoption” from 1858, mounted in a pine box. When the viewer approaches the Madonna, and makes eye contact with her, she prints a personalized icon for them on thermal receipt paper. An image of them in that moment, from her view, with a blessing attached. These blessing say “Your attendance has been recorded, God be with you” or “You were made at [date, time]”.

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scroll down to view scans of all the photos generated by this work during its run at Good Work for Bad People, curated by Jacob Frederick Hartman