Artist:
Address:
St. Lucy's Catholic Church. 1419 North Hazard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90063. (click to view)
Size:
N/A
Medium:
Acrylic
Date:
1994-95
Type:
Religious
Description / Interpretation:
Traditional Madonna and child next to a more contemporary image of a Latina mother cradling her fallen gang-member son. El Tepeyec refers to the holy site in Mexico where a 17th-century campesino (Juan Diego) saw a vision of a brown-skinned Virgin Mary.
Photo: © Robin Dunitz