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Our Lady for Sale










These figurines of the Virgin Mary that Takemura purchased online were produced in China, which is officially an atheist state. The Christian products are mass-produced in a state that doesn’t recognize God's existence, and the market economy endows them with ‘sacredness’ to increase value.

The project operates as a study of religious products sold online, representing the contemporary nexus of religion, consumerism and modern capitalism, in which we locate ourselves.






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