Ana Victoria Haddad is a student in the Master of Humanities program at UFV and a visual artist. She is interested in art that transcends aesthetics to encourage theological reflection and devotion. The works on display are striking in their ability to translate classical devotion into a visual language that speaks to contemporary man. The artist invites us on a journey through two pieces of profound significance, La Virgen Desatanudos (The Virgin Untier of Knots) and Jesucristo (Jesus Christ). Of the Virgin, Ana Victoria comments: "We all have some knot in our lives, whether it be a personal, family, professional, financial, health, or any other kind of struggle, and we send our intentions to heaven, trusting that they will be heard.
My goal with this work of the Virgin Mary Untier of Knots is to help us remember how the Virgin Mary is always watching over us, her children.
She receives our prayers and not only unravels them, but keeps them under her mantle, calms us, and leads us to Jesus, always to Him. She directs our gaze toward Him.
May we always remember that there is no knot that the Virgin cannot untie. The gray and white colors of the ribbon show that, as soon as our prayers touch her hands, they pass from darkness to light; from the self-sufficiency of believing that we can do it on our own, to an act of trust and total surrender.
They will be on display in the Store until January 26 and from that date until February 23 in the exhibition space of the Colegio Mayor.
